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Anonymous
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Just started a blog on pregnancy, unemployment and some of my other life struggles. Think I have a unique DC (expectant) mom experience, especially for this forum. Perhaps my experience is even more typical than most of the posters in these forums? You decide.
livininthiscrazyworld.wordpress.com Any other pregnant moms have blogs out there? |
Anonymous
| Sorry to hear you are going through so many troubles, OP. I can only imagine how incredibly stressed you must feel right now! I am an educator as well but I make a nice side income from a website I run. The company that does the website hosting is for people that have limited tech/computer programming skills and helps to educate you on all the essentials of what it takes to publish an income producing website. This would be a great job for you and I'd be happy to share more info with you if you are interested. |
Anonymous
| I'm not the OP, but do you have an email address I can possibly contact you at for more information about this? |
Anonymous
| Sure, tell me a little bit about what you are looking to do and provide your email address and then I will send you a private message |
Anonymous
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While other aspects of your story may be unique, I can assure you that being unemployed and pregnant in this city is not one of them. There are many, many women who find themselves in this situation. Just look around.
With that being said, I wish you well. |
Anonymous
The douchiness of your comment is unfortunately not unique to this forum either. With that being said, I wish you well. |
Anonymous
Since when does a factual statement entail "douchiness"? |
Anonymous
Douchiness? How is being an unemployed, pregnant, maybe unmarried (partner or husband?), dealing with social services in DC unique? Add to the mix that OP is black (her words, not mine) you have an even less unique situation. OP put her blog out there for people to read and said "you decide", meaning readers should read and form their own opinions. Having an opinion does not make one a "douche". |
Anonymous
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OP,
You're an excellent writer. You are writing about important issues. Why don't you try and write a few articles for HuffingtonPost.com? You'd need a head shot. Maybe B could take one? It does not pay, but ... it could drive traffic to your web, and, perhaps more importantly, help you land an agent for your book. (I'm not clear if you've got one.) The blog will do that, too, help with the agent and book. Keep writing! (I'm a writer, a blogger, also a single mom, who happens to be flat broke at the moment. I really, really empathize with you.) |
Anonymous
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I was touched by your story OP (and posted such on the Expectant Mother forum, which got deleted (?!?)) and thought it would be helpful if you had more information on your blog like your resume. It's hard to help without more information.
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Anonymous
Yeah, it sometimes does. |
Anonymous
She said her story was unique to this forum, which would be correct....I very rarely, if ever, read posts on DCUM about pregnant women having to navigate the world of social services (i.e. getting food stamps, medical assistance, etc.). I called you a douche because the tone of your response seemed callous, in light of her current circumstances. |
Anonymous
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OP - I was laid off from my job and became pregnant three months later. I did manage to find a job after 6 months of unemployment, but it was definitely the scariest time of my life, when in theory, pregnancy should be a very happy time. I was lucky in that I had enough savings to supplement my limited unemployment comp and get me through (went from making $8K a month to $1,300/month for 6 months, scary), but not everyone is that lucky.
Hang in there, sweetie. Is there baby gear you need? I borrowed a bunch of stuff from a friend, gave it back on Saturday, and I'm pretty sure she's just going to donate it all. Do you have a source of free clothes? Another friend is about to donate all her boy baby stuff; pretty sure her son was born in April so the seasons would line up. |
Anonymous
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Thanks everybody so much for all the advice! I never expected such a response! I did however expect, as one poster commented, for people to label me and place me as an average or typical unemployed pregnant Black woman. I understand that while that poster does not see my position as unique I would hope that they read my profile and realize that I am indeed in a unique position and especially in this forum. I realize that you are simply stating your opinion and I am not blaming you of that as that is one of the caveats of having a public blog.
I haven't linked my other accounts with blog because to be honest I feel a little judged in terms of my financial struggles and haven't opened up even to my family about the extent of my financial worries. Since becoming unemployed I have realized that often people tend to place the blame on you even when you are unemployed by no fault of your own. However, blogging on Huffington Post does sound like a great idea. I will definitely look into that option. I am very thankful to have a good network of friends and family, but definitely am open to any assistance/donations. I am very thankful for all the advice and assistance I have received and while I don't feel comfortable posting my e-mail on a public forum if you contact me on my blog I will be sure to get back to you in a timely manner. Once again thank you!! |
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