I have put off writing this diary for as long as I could, its been about a month since I got fired from my job because I am suffering from post-COVID syndrome, and finally our finances have hit a brick wall. Luckily, my wife can pay most of our bills with her paycheck, which is an absolute blessing because we still have our car, and a roof over our heads. But, because of an unexpected debt, I woke up this morning and our bank account was negative. Luckily, I had a little money and transferred it, but it leaves us with 23 dollars for the rest of the month. We still have groceries and gas to worry about, as well as our cell phone bill and internet bill, both of which my wife needs to work. So I am left to turn to dailykos for assistance. We don’t qualify, like at all, for government aid, unfortunately. And our finances had not allotted for me losing my job and getting so ill. This is our fault, and I feel so guilty about even asking anyone for help, let alone everyone here. There are so many more people who are much more deserving of help than I am. I am willing to admit that this was poor planning, failing to save, and failing to see myself as anything but immortal. I got my vaccine and my booster, I wore masks, I thought I was protected. Unfortunately, that turned out not to be the case. We should have saved for an eventuality like this, but any extras we get really go to, like, living our lives. We are paycheck to paycheck. And its coming back to bite me.
I am only asking because my wife works extremely hard, and because of my illness I am not able to work. I am, fortunately, starting physical therapy soon, but its hard for me to carry groceries or walk more than 1000 feet without getting winded, let alone work a full day. Regardless of my circumstances, I know there have been many people asking for help recently, and I tried my best to not ask because there are so many people in my situation at best, in much worse situations at worse, unfortunately my finances have pushed me to a point where I must turn to you all, hat in hand. I would absolutely understand if someone were to look at this diary and click away, again, this situation is my own responsibility and nobody elses. I just have nowhere else to turn, my parents make far less than us, and my wife’s mom is caring for her dad who has dementia. We don’t really have any credit cards, the ones we do have are maxed out. We can’t even get a payday loan, we did that early and have absolutely no means of paying it back (which was, admittedly, stupid and desperate). We’re really screwed financially. If I had literally anywhere else to turn I would. And I apologize for even having to ask. But if you can help, it would be very, very much appreciated.
Here is my wife’s venmo — @Elizabeth-Brown-25029
I have also set up a GoFundMe — www.gofundme.com/… (thanks for the tip JnH)
I don’t really have another means of getting the money to us, my wife doesn’t do paypal and I don’t even have a venmo since I have never really needed one. Again, if you can help, deeply deeply appreciated. If you click away, totally don’t blame you.
Thanks.