I know I’m preaching to the choir, but I need some emotional support in this fucking hellscape. I’m scared and exhausted.
Mid-March, a client ghosted my co-op partner, leaving $2k+ unpaid to us. This client was and still is entirely unreachable.
April 10th, my husband calls me, sobbing. HR took him into a meeting and told him they were terminating him because of a clerical error he made on order a few weeks prior. Even though they addressed it with him the same day and corrected the error.
We were planning on starting a family this year.
Good fortune granted us a credit card, so we had a bit of a buffer, but not much. So we tapped our savings too.
Then my husband’s car was stolen. It was recovered but totaled. I’m not even sure if we’ll see any money from the payout because there are still several months left on the loan.
We started a GF a week ago. Now, we’re at the end of the month, and while I was able to pay the overdue loan installment for my vehicle, we won’t make the rent. Our landlord is a faceless megacorp, so after our five days grace are up, I’m sure they’ll begin eviction proceedings.
The only way to survive is to work. If you lose it, you’re on your own. Never mind that we can’t save any money because of student loans and medical debt and the cost of living. We can’t have a system that prevents the need for charity though because struggling is the American Way. We’ve applied to over 100 jobs since March and so far there’s been no meaningful response.
I’m so tired. I shouldn’t have to be afraid for my life if I lose my job.