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<blockquote data-quote="Lil" data-source="post: 667292" data-attributes="member: 17309"><p>True...he never thinks ahead, not a minute. If I were in his situation...well, first of all, I'd never have been in his situation...<em>but</em> if I found myself without a job and family and stranded in a place where I had no money, food, and dependent on the charity of others - the FIRST thing I would do is figure out a way to get funds. He managed to get to Walmart to pick up that $500 we sent...I'd have gone directly to DFS at that point to get the food stamps. I'd have called the cab service and paid them to take me <em>while I had money</em>. I'd have bought some non-perishable food. I would have considered buying a bike or moped with part of that $500 so I was no longer dependent on the people for rides. Is 20 miles a long bike ride? Yes. But it's even longer on foot. Now, that was a month ago...maybe he thought it would be okay at that point. The girlfriend quit her job afterwards...but as SOON as that happened...I'd have been looking for a way out of there, even if it meant hitching to the closest shelter. It's not like he's madly in love with this girl after all. Even now, 20 miles is a long walk, but I'd be hitching to get to DFS. I'd ask the woman who won't take him during the day to drop him off in town at night when she heads to work and sleep on the street for a night if necessary to get to DFS in the morning then hitch back home. I'd certainly ingratiate myself to the people putting a roof over my head by being nicer than ice cream and doing all the chores and such so that they'd feel like I wasn't a burden. </p><p> </p><p>But that's me.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Lil, post: 667292, member: 17309"] True...he never thinks ahead, not a minute. If I were in his situation...well, first of all, I'd never have been in his situation...[I]but[/I] if I found myself without a job and family and stranded in a place where I had no money, food, and dependent on the charity of others - the FIRST thing I would do is figure out a way to get funds. He managed to get to Walmart to pick up that $500 we sent...I'd have gone directly to DFS at that point to get the food stamps. I'd have called the cab service and paid them to take me [I]while I had money[/I]. I'd have bought some non-perishable food. I would have considered buying a bike or moped with part of that $500 so I was no longer dependent on the people for rides. Is 20 miles a long bike ride? Yes. But it's even longer on foot. Now, that was a month ago...maybe he thought it would be okay at that point. The girlfriend quit her job afterwards...but as SOON as that happened...I'd have been looking for a way out of there, even if it meant hitching to the closest shelter. It's not like he's madly in love with this girl after all. Even now, 20 miles is a long walk, but I'd be hitching to get to DFS. I'd ask the woman who won't take him during the day to drop him off in town at night when she heads to work and sleep on the street for a night if necessary to get to DFS in the morning then hitch back home. I'd certainly ingratiate myself to the people putting a roof over my head by being nicer than ice cream and doing all the chores and such so that they'd feel like I wasn't a burden. But that's me. [/QUOTE]
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