Author: Olivia

He is now thousands behind because his boss didn’t send the money to child support. We just found out tonight. We don’t know where the money goes, but in our state, if he doesn’t pay or if he gets too far behind, he goes to jail. He supports three kids, he can’t quit while simultaneously owning thousands in back support. SUPPORT HE ALREADY PAID the money just never got there. To make matters worse, we only found out because we were applying for a mortgage. Whether it was negligence or just flat out theft, how could this be happening? He is meeting with the owner on Thursday, because he won’t get answers unless he and the boss are face to face. I don’t make enough to support him and his kids while he looks for a new job but I would if I could. Unemployment won’t cover child support and…

This was in 2017 and well before covid. My mum died at the age of 40 due to complications of the flu. No underlying illnesses at all and was completely healthy. She worked at a law firm, doing the work of 3 people (thats the amount of people they got to cover her workload after she passed). She never took a sick day and rarely ever took annual leave – she was discouraged to by higher ups as they needed her. On the day before she died, she was told she needed to come in the next day. That they were struggling and that they needed her. She had been working remotely while she was sick and were aware she was struggling to breathe. She was rushed into A&E on the Tuesday. Wednesday morning she went into cardiac arrest and that was it. My 16 year old brother and I…

School is such a undervalued form of childcare, if most of teachers went on strike, would everything collapse?

I have been off two months barely receiving 20% of my normal pay but I’ve barely been able to get out of bed or function. I’m out of savings and I feel so deflated. I just needed time off to heal ffs. I haven’t stopped working throughout the pandemic and I was seriously suicidal and now that I feel like I’m making progress they are letting me go due to feeling I’m unfit to ever return to work. It really breaks my heart I shouldn’t have to face financial ruin to take time to deal with a serious mental health crisis. I just feel so overwhelmed and trapped. Edit: just to add while I’m feeling emotional. This is all in tandem with the fact there are next to no mental health support services available publicly where I live. All therapy is paid for etc and I can’t even remotely afford…