My name is Tony, and my wifes name is Dinah. I recently lost my job to down-sizing and currently recieving unemployment ins., We are about to be evicted from our home (sept. 10th) because we can't afford the rent of $785 per month. I found a home to buy on contract, but we do not have the down payment of $1,000. I also have experiance as a Painter & Decorator, but also need funding to buy equipment and supplies. Would need about $5,000 to start up Painting & Dec Co., with the funding we will be able to get off unemployment and make a moderate income to pay back the funding if needed. The total amount we would need is $10,000 to get up to date with current bills and purchase the equipment needed for the Painting Co., and pay the down payment on the home contract. The payment on the home would only be $450 per month. I just have had some bad luck and need some help, I know if I had the funds to help some one I would.

Thank you vary much, Anthony D'Acquisto

Please help us get our life back on track. We may be about to lose everything and don't know what to do.

My wife had to leave her job due to illness and our finances collapsed. Before things got out of hand I went for advice and was told I must seek help from my bank. I asked my bank for advice and was told if I didn't accept their financial assistance I would probably have to go bankrupt. As I thought it was the only option I accepted, only to find their interest rates higher than the ones I had with my previous creditors.

I eventually asked for assistance from a debt management company who I was with for 3 years. They promised to get my interest frozen and persuaded my creditors to accept lower payments. 3 years on I've paid out over 12,000 pounds in this agreement only to find my debts are larger than they were before. The interest hadn't been frozen at all. I only found out because one of my creditors sent me a statement by mistake. Under the agreement, the creditors usually sent all correspondence to the debt management company.

I took on a 2nd job some time ago which took my working hours up to more than 60 a week. On top of that, I've found out I've got a disease in my spine which makes my bones fuse together. Although working helps the condition because I need to keep mobile, too much work makes it worse. I need to reduce my hours but can't afford to.

My wife managed to fight her illness and get another job but it's getting worse again and I'm beginning to fear for her safety. She's recently heard she may soon be made redundant so the pressure on her is enormous.

We've worked so hard to try and overcome our problems but every time we make any headway, we just keep getting knocked back down again.

On top of this, over the last 3 years we've received over 600 letters threatening action against us or demanding immediate settlement, and received many more demanding phone calls, even though we've been making our payments. We're now too scared to answer the phone or to answer the door to anyone. The fear and stress are overwhelming.

We have tried for an IVA but even this was rejected, the creditors just wont stop hounding us.

We feel totally ashamed to be in this position, and I feel even more ashamed for posting this notice. It really is a last resort.

Although we accept responsibility for getting into debt, we've had a lot of help to make it worse - bad advice, being misled about the frozen interest and the interest itself, sometimes it's extortionate.

I'm not sure if anyone can help, I think we've gone too far down the line now, but if you can help in any way we would be eternally grateful. My email address is: wanderingsid45@yahoo.co.uk

Thank you for taking the time to read my message.

Sid

P.S. My wife will kill me if she finds out I've done this.

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Hi I am a mother of 3 a 6year old son and twin boys age 4

we are desperatley trying to find some extra cash to rent a home and be able to pay our bills until i can get on welfare and collect child support,our situation where we are at is not a good enviroment for children and i want to be able to give them a home for christmas and maybe even a nice meal and tree and presents so if theres anyone out there willing to help us out it would be greatly appriciated

merry christmas all thanks dee&boys

Thank you for your kindness, for your time to read my cry for help, i find my self in this trouble situation where i have lost almost averything i really dont know how to get out it only with your support i can over come it, i've lost my job over 6 months ago my vehicle about a month i'm not able to find a job i dont know what i'm going to eat next also i have my two parents who before i lost my job i was able to be a provider for them as my dutty as their kid, i try to get work but its very hard to get one please my friends give me a helping hand i dont wannt to loose my house, i pray that some how my angel will provide the help that i need to get out of this situation my balance at this time is $10.00 and i owe over $80,000 so please can you my friends be my angel, i'll be eternally greatful to you thank you for your time and kindness May The Creator Bless You in a mighty way with you children and your relatives here is my email if you like to help me w4given@hotmail.com.  

I am temporarily out of work and need help to pay my rent for my family.

I lost my job the end of March and am currently interviewing with several companies to get back to work. I am at risk now of losing our home and need a helping hand that is willing to pay our rent.

Please help us and I will gladly come back here, once we are back on our feet and help out someone else.

Hello I am in Texas and my family and I are in need of rental assistance because he has hardly been to work in the past two months because of a kidney stone. We are facing eviction real soon. Thanks for reading my page.

A in Texas

  Right now I really need help with making ends meet. I'm struggling financially to get back on my feet after being out of work for awhile due to medical reasons. I also gained quite a bit of weight and I cannot afford to buy clothes that fit me now. I am not above the thrift stores, but when you are the size I am now, it's hard to find anything. I am needing to get some basic items of clothing that I can mix and match. I am wearing a size 28 or 3X in most cases, sometimes more like a 30 or 4X is appropriate. I finally went to a store called ROSS and thought my prayers were answered, but all the items I tried on there in my size, just didn't fit. In my local area, I have found a store called Catherines, which is very nice and high quality, but quite expensive for my current situation. I find that the catalog shopping through Lane Bryant, Sears, Just My Size and a few others, are more affordable, but it requires a waiting period too.

I am able now to get back to work, in a call center type situation, but I do not have the clothing required for their business casual dress code. This is so hard for me because I gained alot of weight over a very short period of time and suffered a great deal of mental cognition, memory, and speech problems...not to mention being extremely tired, before being properly diagnosed. I am still not completely well, but feel so much better than I have in ages! I just feel so "stuck" because I am ready to get my life back and bring some form of normalcy back to my children's lives, but I am having such a hard time making things happen. Nothing is falling into place because I am sooo broke and I don't receive the children's child support money like we should all the time, so it is really hard. I've had to go to a clothes closet through the church to get my children their clothes, but it's so hard to find anything in my size, anywhere! It's becoming humiliating and embarrassing for me. It's so discouraging I just cry sometimes.

If there is anything you can do to help, either through funds or maybe you have some clothing to spare in the size I need? I would be so thankful and when I get back to work and on my feet again, which I hope will be soon, I can pay it forward to someone else. Please help me if you can.

Thanks again,

Debbie

       help, what more can I say, I need some xtra financial assistance,  I feel stupid asking for this on the internet, but, If any one has some xtra to help it would be appreciated much.  I am just getting back to work, but I fell so far behind in bills. I need all the help I can get.

Hi there

My name is nina and I had mastectomy surgery when I was 18

Its been 5 yrs since, and I havent had enough money to have reconstructive surgery 

I know beauty is only skin deep but I havent had a relationship since and I hide from people because of it

I have attempted suicide twice and I have hideous scars because of it  

I need $7,000 to fix it. I just hope there is someone out there who can help me.

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