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<blockquote data-quote="susiestar" data-source="post: 156499" data-attributes="member: 1233"><p>I also do not understand why she just doesn't drive somewhere where it is more affordable to live. I do not understand why people pay 3/4 of their income for housing. It just doesn't make sense to me.</p><p> </p><p>I sort of understand why she still has the dogs. The unconditional love of the dogs may be what keeps her going. I agree it is not fair to the dogs. I don't know what she does with them while she works, or how she intends to work with no where to keep the dogs while she is at work. </p><p> </p><p>We have only had cable for maybe HALF of our almost 17 years of marriage. And we have never had satellite. We keep thinking about it. It would be nice to have. But we really feel that healthcare and mental healthcare for all of us is so much more important. Even with AWESOME insurance, the copays just eat us alive.</p><p> </p><p>The house we are in is a stretch for us. When we bought it we had every plan for me to go to work, at least part-time. But my body had other ideas. I have been actively searching for ways to fix whatever is going on so that I CAN get a job.</p><p> </p><p>I truly think that credit cards have contributed a great deal to the homeless situation. The credit card companies go after us starting in college/late teens. Then many many of us find ourselves in way over our heads. They make it so very tempting to live beyond our means.</p><p> </p><p>I strongly support Habitat for Humanity. I think they are on a good path to help end this problem. But until we have equal earnings for women, support for the primary caregiver of children from a marriage, and more support to help end homelessness, this is only going to get worse.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="susiestar, post: 156499, member: 1233"] I also do not understand why she just doesn't drive somewhere where it is more affordable to live. I do not understand why people pay 3/4 of their income for housing. It just doesn't make sense to me. I sort of understand why she still has the dogs. The unconditional love of the dogs may be what keeps her going. I agree it is not fair to the dogs. I don't know what she does with them while she works, or how she intends to work with no where to keep the dogs while she is at work. We have only had cable for maybe HALF of our almost 17 years of marriage. And we have never had satellite. We keep thinking about it. It would be nice to have. But we really feel that healthcare and mental healthcare for all of us is so much more important. Even with AWESOME insurance, the copays just eat us alive. The house we are in is a stretch for us. When we bought it we had every plan for me to go to work, at least part-time. But my body had other ideas. I have been actively searching for ways to fix whatever is going on so that I CAN get a job. I truly think that credit cards have contributed a great deal to the homeless situation. The credit card companies go after us starting in college/late teens. Then many many of us find ourselves in way over our heads. They make it so very tempting to live beyond our means. I strongly support Habitat for Humanity. I think they are on a good path to help end this problem. But until we have equal earnings for women, support for the primary caregiver of children from a marriage, and more support to help end homelessness, this is only going to get worse. [/QUOTE]
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