Hello all! Thank you for reading my page.
For a little bit of background, my biological parents lost custody of me when I was 15 due to the physical and sexual abuse I faced. When I was in the system, I met my best friend who’s like a brother to me. We weren’t together long, but being from similar situations and having a good relationship, we’ve remained close. I’ll call him A for clarity throughout this page.
I had a friend, we’ll call him B, who was an adult and living with his partner. I moved in with them when I was 16. B and his partner separated, and we moved in with his parents 3 hours away. I entered dual enrollment and graduated school. I’ve been in my current job as a barista for 4 years.Things have been okay. B and I have our own apartment now. I still struggle to find myself at “home” without my former foster brother.
Recently on my 22nd birthday, I made the drive to visit A. He’s back living with his parents and things are pretty rough for him. He’s picked up a job, but only makes about $800/month. B and I have looked through our finances. B and I currently split $400 a month on rent, but we could do $200 more, if needed. A is willing to put in $400 a month. Between the three of us, we could easily get an apartment in our old town and the three of us will be safe and comfortable.
It’s actually perfect because our landlord is increasing our rent prices when the lease renews. The thing is – our lease renews in February of next year. That gives us about 4 months to save. It would be no problem — except I’m currently driving a 2004 minivan on its last leg. I actually just spent about $500 worth of repairs on it last week.
I have to get a new car, which would probably be around 5K, if not more. Then of course, there would be the down payment, and other costs of moving.
Once we have our apartment, we’ll be okay financially. It’s just saving up enough to get there in time.
Quick TL;DR – My friend and I are trying to move in with my former foster brother. He’s in a rough home situation , but we also just really miss each other and have always dreamed about moving in together. This is obtainable, but we only have about 4 months to save up enough for a new car, apartment down payment, and typical moving costs.
I’d be so grateful for any support you’re willing to give. I’m not usually one to ask for support, but I know it’ll be very difficult to raise enough money to move within the time frame we have. You’d be helping support kids who have been through hell, and we’d all be so so thankful for any amount.
I’m sorry if anything in this was difficult to read, I tend to word vomit if I’m anxious.
Once again, we’re so grateful for anything – paypal.me/AugustQuetot