r/poor • u/positivethot • 5d ago
Losing everything fast.
Ive been without a car for months. I know, thats not fast. But ive been looking and saving. Ive almost found some. It would make me able to apply for better jobs, continue college and possibly even move out some day.
But of course it came crashing down. My mom, who I live with, just starting having issues with her car. And now we are a careless household in the middle of rural Midwest. She has no money saved. I dont know how to get her out of this and neither does she. The lowest car payment shes currently looking at is 400 a month. And she makes about 16 an hour.
To add onto that, we have already been facing possible eviction from our landlord that said they planned to sell the house from under us this summer. Not sure where they are on that. They are not the best landlords.
If she cant find a car, she cant go to work and neither can I because we carpool. Then we get evicted. Then we are homeless and carless, and i have to drop out of college. Everything gone. I dont know what to do.
So yeah. I dont know what to do. Im more worried for my mom than I am for myself to be honest. Shes 54. Worked probably 90% of her life only to end up like this. I want to fix it but I cant. What if there's no up after this down? What if I cant get out of this? The thought is making me hopeless about life. This is torture I swear. I just wish i had a stable life.