Even a month ago, I couldn’t imagine I’d be desperate enough to ask for money online, but here we are.
I guess it’s best just to lay it all out. About 3 weeks ago, it came to light that my wife of 21 years was addicted to meth. She’s been in treatment now for about a week. I wasn’t aware of it, but she had been a regular user for 3 years. We’re using an outpatient clinic that my insurance covers, Thank God, but she’s not bringing money in right now. She drives for Instacart, DoorDash, And a few others. It’s apparently a bit of a trigger for her. We’ll see if she’s able to come back to it or if she has to get a different job.
She’s the one who handled the household bills and we’re also apparently behind on basically everything. January and February house payments, Electric, gas, water, trash, and internet are all late and sending me shut off notices. (well, except for electric and gas of course because of the cold weather rule, But they’re Not shy about letting me know they need me to at least have payment arrangements made by the day the cold weather rule expires). Since I sometimes do some work from home, internet is a must and the shut off date for it is Feb 16.
We have two daughters and our youngest one’s birthday is coming up on the 22nd. She doesn’t want much but honestly at this point, I don’t think I can get her I’ll be anything. She’s turning 12.
And I just found out yesterday that my brakes need to be fixed in my car for it to pass inspection. I have I tell the end of the month to get this one taking care of but it’s just another bill I don’t have the money for.
I’m a college educated professional employed as a public school teacher. I already tutor on the side and am trying to pick up more shifts this week. I also do handyman and gardening work from time to time. I’m doing everything I can to earn extra money, but I know I can’t make it all myself. Anything anybody wants to send me to help would be greatly appreciated.
Added together, I need about $600 total to get all the utilities caught up and pay for a little more food for my family as well as a little gas money so I can get to work and back. My older daughter informed me all my youngest wants for her birthday is a pre-order for a new Zelda game for her switch. So I guess I need enough for that as well. And then another $300 for my brakes but I’m confident I can take care of that. I’ve already filed my taxes And if my return gets here when it’s scheduled to I’ll be able to use that to cover the last two house payments that were missed as well as the March payment. So I’ll be happy with anything a generous doner would like to give.
I love my wife but hate the position we’re in right now because of her addiction. This is definitely the Worse the minister was talking about when he was saying for better or worse. I’m normally a very private guy and it’s killing me to even ask like this. Believe me when I say that you will forever have my gratitude and I pledge to pay it forward to others if you generous donors help me and my family out of this tight spot.
My PayPal me info is below
PayPal.me/scottwoldridge