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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]So can someone who has been through something similar or knows someone chime in - is it realistic?
I am having a hard time believing that the only job a college student could get was in cleaning. I had it easier as when my STBX left he paid my rent - had to resort to many gigs before I settled in into a permanent role, including cleaning, and it was easy to find male clients who were working professionals and therefore didn’t leave much mess and weren’t too picky (unlike some female ones). [/quote]

She used to waitress before cleaning houses. She needs flexible hours and "shifts" so she can trade with others when she has to go to court or be with her kid, or go to gov't offices.  Having to wait all day to get food stamps and welfare is totally realistic - and sometimes your EBT card just ... doesn't load one month and you can't reach anyone on the phone for hours and days so you have to go wait there in person. When I signed up for welfare they told me getting Medicaid was automatic but I still had to wait in lines for two days to get it, and then I couldn't sign myself and my daughter up the same day for some reason. We lived in a crappy apartment building for over a decade (low rent and they didn't check income or credit) where they'd randomly turn off electricity and water for most of the day. I remember one time when DD was in elementary school, running across the busy intersection during rush hour to the gas station to use the light there for her to do her homework. Many times I gave her a shower via candlelight. Many times I had to throw out half-cooked food because the oven went out mid-bake, and we'd eat cereal for dinner instead. I couldn't pay for school field trips. Some kind mother with a tall girl gave my short girl her DD's outgrown clothes but then her DD saw my DD wearing them, told everyone and DD came home crying and embarrassed.  So yes, this seems very realistic. Except for the part where she's working on the books - I had to work off the books lest my benefits get canceled. [/quote]

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