Post by Deleted on Jun 3, 2017 18:28:51 GMT
Hi.
I'm sorry if this upsets or offends anyone. If I wasn't feeling the pressure of this situation so much I wouldn't even ask.
I don't know if you know this, but I got married in August 2015 to an American lady I met online eighteen months before. I went to see her, proposed, got married there, and planned to stay there. Just before I could complete the forms we had to leave where we were going to stay, and we have, effectively, been on the road ever since.
We have had to stay in a couple of friends' spare rooms, we stayed at my mother's a couple of times, we tried moving on the super-cheap to Spain, but couldn't survive. For the past year we have literally been homeless, sleeping on the sofas and in the sheds of friends.
I am on ESA, and receive £70 pw to live off. I've been told I can't claim anything for my wife because she is American, so this must cover us both. I am trying to get us a cheap bedsit to move in to, but this is proving extremely difficult as we have no money for deposit or rent, and because I don't have an address I am not able to get work. I am trying to find ways around this, and help, and am toying with starting a GoFundMe account to try and raise some funds. But I would rather try and get us out of this hole myself if I can. I want to work and provide and do all the things I'm "supposed" to do. But it is tough.
I have never found it easy asking for help, and while others on GoFundMe seem more needy, I am struggling to set up my own appeal. However, I was hoping you guys --many who have known me for quite some years now-- might be willing to help me out a little. A couple of kind managers on here have helped before (thank you! you know who you are; I don't want to embarrass you), but I'm seriously struggling this week. My next ESA payment isn't until the 12th, and I only have a few pounds left.
If you think you might be in a position where you could help me a little, please contact me below, via personal message, or via WhatsApp, and I will provide you with my bank details.
I'm not sure what I can offer by way of barter, but I can write, and I can edit, if you need any help that way.
Thank you for listening.