Have you ever been Homeless ?

[Verisure]

When I was fresh out of the Army, and full of demons and confusion, (I didn't know what PTSD was and neither did the govt. at that time), I was lost and living in my Pontiac hearse. Finally landed a crap job at a body shop and was able to sleep in their yard, plus I was able to use their equipment after hours, which allowed me to work on the old girl. Picture of the hearse. (only pic's I have was preparing to put a straight axle under it) When I met my wife to be, (in a junkyard while hunting parts for the hearse), it turned out to be the best thing ever to happen in my life. 3 weeks later we got married, and the hearse had to go. I replaced it with a 2 door 55 chevy wagon and we split for New Jersey. A year and a half later, me, a pregnant wife and 5 puppies loaded up the wagon and struck out for Vermont where I knew of an old abandoned homestead property site with water where we could live in the car until I found work. Now, 50 years later, it's all just some interesting memories, and the journey still goes on.

I knew two families from Ohio (sister and brother with their respective spouses) who arrived in New Mexico in a beater, pulling a small house-trailer. They purchased a small plot of land in Tijeras Canyon, outside of Albuquerque. Taking on whatever jobs they could find (auto scrapyard for example) they bought some planks, dismantled the trailer and combined the pieces to make a shack. Slowly they added to it and turned it into a house, sort of. Two stories. They devoutly read Home-making magazines and incorporated ideas from what they saw. Two of them enrolled in architecture courses at UNM and eventually got their degrees. As I understand it one couple returned to Ohio but the other is still in N.M. and doing very well for themselves.

 

[Remy]

No but it's one of my fears. It could be because my mother threatened to throw me out as a child onto the streets. And I'm talking about 10 here, not a rebellious teen which I never was.

I did the American dream thing and bought a house in 2001 as a single female. It was too much for me and I seemed like an anomaly in that neighborhood. I sold the place 7 years later. Now with all the fires prices have gone up in my area. Condos are out of my price range at this point. I think of all the places I looked at but never bought and why didn't I buy them. I only bought that horrible house. I'm still looking for a mobile in a 55+ park.

 

[Verisure]

No but it's one of my fears. It could be because my mother threatened to throw me out as a child onto the streets. And I'm talking about 10 here, not a rebellious teen which I never was. ......

I do have some similar experiences and I have a whole lot of very harsh criticism for such parents but I think I'd better keep my mouth shut.