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<blockquote data-quote="Albatross" data-source="post: 640875" data-attributes="member: 17720"><p>Thank you much, Cedar and Lucy. He called again today and talked first to husband, then to me, to tell us that his friends he was living with in an abandoned house stole his backpack with everything he owns (except his phone), that he can't go to California without his clothes, that he has nowhere to go, no one to trust, on and on.</p><p></p><p>husband made the appropriate clucking sympathy noises and suggested he go to a homeless shelter and see if he could get some clothes. Nope, that won't work, because this particular major city is evidently the only one in the country that has no shelters. "OK, well, I don't know then, but I wish you luck" said husband.</p><p></p><p>Then difficult child asked to talk to me and told me the same story. I made the same sympathy noises and suggested he look around to find some of those friends, that they are probably nearby since they are homeless too, that maybe there is an explanation. Nope, that won't work because these are not nice people, he should never have trusted them, etc.</p><p></p><p>OK then, I suggested he go to a Goodwill after hours, when people leave stuff at the back door, and grab some clothes (which is what he always does to avoid doing laundry). Nope, that won't work. Evidently this particular major city also is the only one that has no Goodwills.</p><p></p><p>"OK, well, I don't know then, but I wish you luck" I said.</p><p></p><p>Then difficult child said he saw one of the people he has been living with and it looked like she had his backpack and he had to go.</p><p></p><p>Problem solved. Sheesh.</p><p></p><p>And it IS such a strange landscape, and the view just keeps on changing.</p><p></p><p>But I am so very grateful for this site and for the smart folks around here who model not buying into the BS.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Albatross, post: 640875, member: 17720"] Thank you much, Cedar and Lucy. He called again today and talked first to husband, then to me, to tell us that his friends he was living with in an abandoned house stole his backpack with everything he owns (except his phone), that he can't go to California without his clothes, that he has nowhere to go, no one to trust, on and on. husband made the appropriate clucking sympathy noises and suggested he go to a homeless shelter and see if he could get some clothes. Nope, that won't work, because this particular major city is evidently the only one in the country that has no shelters. "OK, well, I don't know then, but I wish you luck" said husband. Then difficult child asked to talk to me and told me the same story. I made the same sympathy noises and suggested he look around to find some of those friends, that they are probably nearby since they are homeless too, that maybe there is an explanation. Nope, that won't work because these are not nice people, he should never have trusted them, etc. OK then, I suggested he go to a Goodwill after hours, when people leave stuff at the back door, and grab some clothes (which is what he always does to avoid doing laundry). Nope, that won't work. Evidently this particular major city also is the only one that has no Goodwills. "OK, well, I don't know then, but I wish you luck" I said. Then difficult child said he saw one of the people he has been living with and it looked like she had his backpack and he had to go. Problem solved. Sheesh. And it IS such a strange landscape, and the view just keeps on changing. But I am so very grateful for this site and for the smart folks around here who model not buying into the BS. [/QUOTE]
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