My name is Kari and I am not sure where to go with my problem. I have exhausted all of my options, and if someone here can't help me, I don't know what I am going to do. Here is my story... Two months ago I was forced to leave my job as a sales associate in a department store. I was forced to leave. If I didn't leave I would have been fired. I missed too many days because of complications from being pregnant. I ended up having a miscarrage. I ended up with no job, $3000 in medical bills, and a very strained relationship with my boyfriend. I started looking for a new job and wasn't too worried. I have a college education and didn't think that finding a new job would be so difficult. Two months went by and I had emptied my bank account and maxed out my credit card. The pregnancy and financial hardship has ruined my relationship with my boyfriend, who I live with. We have broken up but still have to live together. I can't pay my bills or my share of the rent. It has gotten so bad that he does not want to live with me anymore. I can't even afford to feed myself. My ex boyfriend is never home so he doesn't buy food. I have no money and can't even afford to go to the grocery store so I can eat. I am going to bed hungry tonight while he is out. I live in the city and don't drive. I can't even afford to pay for the bus or the train.
The good news at the end of this is that I have been offered a job... a very well paying job, and I start on Monday, June 25th. The bad news is that I can't support myself until I get my first paycheck. Right now I can't even afford transportation to and from work.
I have exhausted all of my options and don't know where to turn. I am so depressed and worried about my future, and I am scared because I have never been in a situation like this. I have asked friends for money, but they can't give much. Both of my parents have died and so I can't turn to them. I tried to file for unemployment, but I don't qualify because I voluntarily left my job... eventhough I would have been fired. I have tried to get so many loans, but don't qualify. I can't get a payday loan because I haven't started my new job yet and they can't verify employment. I can't get approved for another credit card. I have nothing of any real value to sell. I don't know what else I can do.
I am so scared that I am going to end up homeless and that I am not going to be able to even get to my new job. I keep thinking that this is only temporary situation, and things will get better, but I really don't know what I am going to do. I am not necessarily looking for money, although a small loan would help. I just want to hear some suggestions on what I can do. I will be so grateful for any help and will do what ever I can do to help others on here in the future. I am desperate and willing to do anything to get out of this situation.
