I never know how to start these things. Iâm not really good at telling people how life is going ( let alone ask for help ), especially if I like to not bring my personal life into the rp community because Iâm sure people have their own lives to worry about, but my girlfriend and I are in a fritz. This is more of a joint thing than anything else. Iâm Kyle, and Iâm a nineteen year old trans guy and Iâve lived with my girlfriend, Amber ( @halfdanked ) since August â15. Since Iâm only nineteen, I was living with my parents. Iâm still in pre-transition. This means Iâve literally done nothing to transition into Kyle (from Kayla) besides a slight change in wardrobe and a hair cut. Amber moved out from Maine to be with me in Michigan. We met online on Tumblr a little over two years ago and have been almost stuck to the hip since. In more ways than one, sheâs saved my life. I suffer from crippling bipolar disorder and social anxiety which makes it difficult without the proper medication ( that doesnât make me feel like a robot ) to even get out of the house on certain days. I had a job for a little over a month as a custodian at JCPenney but I was no where near mentally ready for a job, especially since they were working me seven days a week and I wasnât making over 20 hours. It was crap, for lack of better terms. Since Amber moved in with me, she had gotten two jobs and is working both as diligently as possible to pay as many bills sheâs racked up over the years. Long story short, student loans have punched her in the gut several times over and have caught her off guard. I feel terrible for being so incompetent and being incapable of taking care of her.Â
But, thatâs not what this money is being raised for. That, I know, Iâd need to work on myself and Iâm alright with that. The real problem is the fact that my parents have been stuck with a HUGEÂ financial crisis. My father quit his job for his own mental health that was paying well over minimum wage. In essence, he was carrying us through life on his back and I have no way to thank him truly. The mortgage on our house that we live in has over 11% interest and we live in a mobile home. At the end of the payments, my mother and father would be paying well over $200k ( from the original value of $69k~ ) and it just became too much. With my mother making only a couple bucks over minimum wage, and my father doing the same, there was NOÂ way they could take care of the mortgage and other bills. This house is from the early 2000s and is falling apart. Itâs no longer worth saving, so my mother and father realized this. While trying to take care of other bills theyâve been tossed, they realized money was too tight and just today, March 26th, they were served and we have three weeks to get out.Â
Because of the money situation already at hand, my mother and father have decided it would be best to find our own places. Weâve thought about where to go and why and whatâs best for us. Maine is looking wonderful and Amber has a GUARANTEEDÂ job back home because she used to work for a grocery store that currently has her on educational leave, allowing her to slip right back in. Not only would she be making nearly $10.50 an hour, which would be much better in retrospect than staying here in Michigan, sheâd be making many more hours, giving us that bit more of leverage to kick start out. However, at such short notice, thereâs no way we could get out of here with enough money.
This GoFundMe is here to help us do just that. Weâd need about $200 for gas and maybe enough for a few months rent, deposits, and U-Haul costs. Our dog, Nova, was a rescue dog from a shelter just north of where we live now and heâs got terrible anxiety ( gets it from his dad (: ) and weâd need some cash for a kennel for him and a new leash since he broke his old one. The car weâve got now is a few trips away from hitting 200k miles and we know itâs on itâs last leg. We plan on selling that within two weeks, more than likely for parts. I donât expect us to get much over a grand for it, honestly, so weâd need money for a new car. Not necessarily a new one, though. Iâm shooting for something around $2500 thatâs willing to make the one way trip to Maine. We placed the goal at $7500 in hopes that would be enough. Itâs hard enough to ask for help in general, but to post for people whom I have little to no interaction with and to ask them for money feels so nasty. Every little bit will help. Iâm SO thankful for anything that gets raised, and if none get raised, I would love for this to bring awareness to the people in general about minimum wage. Itâs incredibly low in not only Michigan, but around the country. Itâs SO hard to make it in America. Thank you so much for your time. Just reblogging this will help.
