Homeless

[Elizabeth_Garber]

I and my husband have been recently kicked out on to the streets by my mother. Friday May 17,2012 was the first day. We checked out the homeless shelters here in San Jose, Cal. and found them to be full. That and there are no shelters that will take couples unless they have children. So for a week now my husband and I have been sleeping in the cold at the lightrail station. The only reason I'm even able to be on the internet is because my mother, don't matter if she likes it or not, has let me get on her computer. There are many things I'm doing to earn money, fusion cash, selling what belongings I have, selling crafts, completing surveys and stuff on other sites. The main thing is handing out flyers for a home based business I've been trying to get clients for. It is a business a few people got me into and I've been finding hard to get clients for. Now made even harder because I'm homeless. When I started I people saying that they would help me by trying the products and talking about them.

Anyway of an a rant. I also decided that I would use my web building skills, and a free hosting site to create a web page asking for help. Now I wish I could get it circulating, though as always family is no help. It feels as if I have wasted my time, and I wish there was some help out there for a person link me.

Down to the last of the money my husband and I get from his father, and sleeping sitting on a bench at a lightrail (public transportation) station. Hoping that in the middle of the night mother nature doesn't call. That I can hold it until I can return to my mothers house, or until a shop with a public restroom is opened.

[SherylsShado]

   There's so many things wrong with this picture...
   
     I wouldn't say your mother "kicked you out into the streets" because you're married and there's no income from either of you coming in (since you're counting on internet $$ and living on money from his dad).   It's not your mother's job to support the both of you.  I think she's being EXTREMELY generous in still letting you use her computer and her bathroom!!  I think she's hoping the two of you would learn how to support yourselves.
   
      I have known people that have lived in their cars for a few years because they lost their jobs.  I know of a college graduate that had a high paying job and lost it, through no fault of his own.  (He lived in a storage shed for a few years and walked quite a distance every day to two of his minimum paying jobs because it was the only work he could find.  He refused to take "hand outs" and one of the jobs promoted him to managment but it took alot of suffering, hard work and patience on his part!)  I know of a girl that had alcoholic/abusive parents --she lived on the streets and never missed a day of school.  She was an honor roll student and got a full scholarship, and the entire time she was attending high school--noone had guessed she was homeless!!
     
     My advice would be for you & your husband to see how fast the two of you can get a job...ANY job to have some kind of income having in.  You can use the jobs to start building a resume and work yourselves to better jobs in the future.  You can still do your work on-line in your spare time BUT all of your time CAN'T be spent "working" on-line if it hadn't been bringing in enough money to live on...or enough money to have bought your own computer. 

[BlackSheepNY]

Maybe you should try going to your local Department of Economic Security.  Through them, you may be able to find a place to stay.  Through them, you may find local food banks who will give you food.  Through them, you can apply for food stamps, etc.  I hope your situation turns around for you and yours quickly.

[jstein2]

I am sorry to hear about your situation. In today's economy it can be hard to find a job. I lost my job last year and it took four months to find another one.  It's not exactly the type of job I wanted, but it's a job. I hoping to find something else later on. I hope things start to look up soon and you find something. You are in my prayers. Good luck.

[sak4kat]

Obviously you are a bright individual if you can figure out how to make $$$ online.  There are 2 sides to every story and I wish I knew what both your mother, your husband as well as his father has to say.  A couple of suggestions I have is... work camping.  There are camp/rv sites that allow people to work there part or full time in exchange for pay or free rental sites.  Even if you had a tent this could help in several ways.  There are always warm showers, shelter in extreme weather conditions...with games and entertainment to pass the time as well as free wi-fii.   Sometimes there is a pool and exercise equipment on site to stay in shape.  It is important to exercise your mind, body and soul.  Which leads me to worship.  Sunday mornings most camp sites offer church services.  Many churches offer aid to those that need it as well.  One thing to remind yourself is that there are people out there who have it worse than you.  Prayers and good luck.

[potluck6]

This very site has a good job section,yougo to it when your making the 15cents. i'm looking for my son he works at mc'd but needs something better. They are local to where you live, and who wants to drive far to a job at 4.00 a gallon for gas. i'm sure you can get help at food banks or food stamps best of luck .

[fillfran82]

I and my husband have been recently kicked out on to the streets by my mother. Friday May 17,2012 was the first day. We checked out the homeless shelters here in San Jose, Cal. and found them to be full. That and there are no shelters that will take couples unless they have children. So for a week now my husband and I have been sleeping in the cold at the lightrail station. The only reason I'm even able to be on the internet is because my mother, don't matter if she likes it or not, has let me get on her computer. There are many things I'm doing to earn money, fusion cash, selling what belongings I have, selling crafts, completing surveys and stuff on other sites. The main thing is handing out flyers for a home based business I've been trying to get clients for. It is a business a few people got me into and I've been finding hard to get clients for. Now made even harder because I'm homeless. When I started I people saying that they would help me by trying the products and talking about them.

Anyway of an a rant. I also decided that I would use my web building skills, and a free hosting site to create a web page asking for help. Now I wish I could get it circulating, though as always family is no help. It feels as if I have wasted my time, and I wish there was some help out there for a person link me.

Down to the last of the money my husband and I get from his father, and sleeping sitting on a bench at a lightrail (public transportation) station. Hoping that in the middle of the night mother nature doesn't call. That I can hold it until I can return to my mothers house, or until a shop with a public restroom is opened.

Hello wow sorry about your situation. It's amazing that you’re going through what you’re going through, and still able to do fusion cash and other online work. I can't say that I understand the things you’re going through because I don't. However I can say that I hope things get better. I truly hope everything works out.
 

[raven1114]

I would concentrate on finding a job, any job. Apply for food stamps they can help you in finding work also.

[lbeery]

I hope that you are soon able to find a job (both of you) and that you can find shelter while you are doing this.  Many counties have job service assistance to help you locate or a job or work to repay public assistance.  Good luck with your search.

[thtrngng]

I know that is hard for you to make a living when you are homeless, because you do need a stable environment. Hope that your situation change soon for the better.

[Elizabeth_Garber]

   There's so many things wrong with this picture...
   
     I wouldn't say your mother "kicked you out into the streets" because you're married and there's no income from either of you coming in (since you're counting on internet $$ and living on money from his dad).   It's not your mother's job to support the both of you.  I think she's being EXTREMELY generous in still letting you use her computer and her bathroom!!  I think she's hoping the two of you would learn how to support yourselves.
   
      I have known people that have lived in their cars for a few years because they lost their jobs.  I know of a college graduate that had a high paying job and lost it, through no fault of his own.  (He lived in a storage shed for a few years and walked quite a distance every day to two of his minimum paying jobs because it was the only work he could find.  He refused to take "hand outs" and one of the jobs promoted him to managment but it took alot of suffering, hard work and patience on his part!)  I know of a girl that had alcoholic/abusive parents --she lived on the streets and never missed a day of school.  She was an honor roll student and got a full scholarship, and the entire time she was attending high school--noone had guessed she was homeless!!
     
     My advice would be for you & your husband to see how fast the two of you can get a job...ANY job to have some kind of income having in.  You can use the jobs to start building a resume and work yourselves to better jobs in the future.  You can still do your work on-line in your spare time BUT all of your time CAN'T be spent "working" on-line if it hadn't been bringing in enough money to live on...or enough money to have bought your own computer. 

We have been applying for every job there is here, and I have not gotten call backs from any of them. When I call them back, even entry level jobs I get your not what we are looking for, or they tell me they can't find my application. My husband has gotten through some interviews but the background check ends the opportunity. We have been doing job hunting through websites, and in person. This has been going on for the last 3 years, and have also been looking for a room, or place here with the money we have for the last 3 years and no one will take a couple for the amount of money we can afford to pay.

[Elizabeth_Garber]

Maybe you should try going to your local Department of Economic Security.  Through them, you may be able to find a place to stay.  Through them, you may find local food banks who will give you food.  Through them, you can apply for food stamps, etc.  I hope your situation turns around for you and yours quickly.

Already applied for Food Stamps and waiting... there is a problem in the social services office computer that is keeping our food stamps pending.

[Elizabeth_Garber]

I am sorry to hear about your situation. In today's economy it can be hard to find a job. I lost my job last year and it took four months to find another one.  It's not exactly the type of job I wanted, but it's a job. I hoping to find something else later on. I hope things start to look up soon and you find something. You are in my prayers. Good luck.

Thank you, I hope you find what your looking for in a job, maybe write down what your looking for in a job and keep it in your bible. My grandmother swears that works, then she holds her bible when she prays. She has more then just person prays written down she also has prays for others. I do it to, although a bible I do not have. I still write it down.

[Tresbn00]

I am sorry to hear about your current circumstance. I was homeless for six months at age seventeen.  I came to realize that my homelessness was a product of my lifestyle.  I didn't appreciate all that my parents were giving me and was living a lifestyle that was very narcissitic and self-centered.  I had the benefit of a car that I purchased for two hundred dollars which served as living quarters for several months.  I worked at several jobs simultaneously but couldn't bring myself to spend that hard earned money on an apartment so I continued to live in my car and sometimes slept in a warehouse that I worked in at one of my jobs.

[ilovepatrick]

move, move, move do not stay in economically depressed area you can come back later there is always a boom somewhere get on the internet and find out where and if you have to walk you may not qualify for high tech jobs but many areas want labor better to do unskilled labor than live in poverty