Comments on: Day 159 — Situation http://www.girlonthebrink.com/2009/09/04/day-160-situation/ Panicked, desperate and going for broke, Girl on the Brink, a professional, divorced urban mom, chronicles her day-to-day existence in the brave new, bushwhacked economy from the day she got fired. Tue, 06 Apr 2010 02:25:29 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Michelle http://www.girlonthebrink.com/2009/09/04/day-160-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-468 Michelle Fri, 11 Sep 2009 20:49:30 +0000 http://www.girlonthebrink.com/?p=3780#comment-468 Just wanted to say that I was laid off this past June and I can totally sympathize with your struggles. Last summer we had an upstairs bathroom leak through our kitchen ceiling and, even when I had a job, we lived with a hole in our kitchen ceiling for close to 6 months as we tried everything to fully correct the problem. A massive renovation just wasn't in the budget (although it wound up being inevitable). Anyhow, I have been blogging about my unemployed life as well, it seems that the only therapy for me has been to seek some comedy in my every day challenges! Feel free to check it out. http://activeleisure.wordpress.com Best of luck to you!! Just wanted to say that I was laid off this past June and I can totally sympathize with your struggles. Last summer we had an upstairs bathroom leak through our kitchen ceiling and, even when I had a job, we lived with a hole in our kitchen ceiling for close to 6 months as we tried everything to fully correct the problem. A massive renovation just wasn’t in the budget (although it wound up being inevitable).

Anyhow, I have been blogging about my unemployed life as well, it seems that the only therapy for me has been to seek some comedy in my every day challenges! Feel free to check it out.

http://activeleisure.wordpress.com

Best of luck to you!!

]]> By: I. Gillispie http://www.girlonthebrink.com/2009/09/04/day-160-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-450 I. Gillispie Fri, 04 Sep 2009 22:18:18 +0000 http://www.girlonthebrink.com/?p=3780#comment-450 I watched your interview on FOX Happy Hour today. Finally someone (you) that feels the same as I do. During my professional career I had suffered health issues that put me in a situation where I too needed financial assistances from our government and discovered that the assistances was not there for me at my level, even though I'd paid into the system for years. I found that if I had accepted government help it would have forced me to sell (or eventually loose) everything that I had worked for. All I needed was help for a few months and then I would have been able to go back to work and carry on with my life. I was lucky that I had family at the time to step in to help (not having to go to the government). As you mentioned on the show -- our government is not set up to help the middle class in their time of need. If one has the misfortune of falling into the system... it is designed to make you poor and keep you there. I watched your interview on FOX Happy Hour today. Finally someone (you) that feels the same as I do. During my professional career I had suffered health issues that put me in a situation where I too needed financial assistances from our government and discovered that the assistances was not there for me at my level, even though I’d paid into the system for years. I found that if I had accepted government help it would have forced me to sell (or eventually loose) everything that I had worked for. All I needed was help for a few months and then I would have been able to go back to work and carry on with my life. I was lucky that I had family at the time to step in to help (not having to go to the government). As you mentioned on the show — our government is not set up to help the middle class in their time of need. If one has the misfortune of falling into the system… it is designed to make you poor and keep you there.

]]> By: Benson Chew Lian Huat http://www.girlonthebrink.com/2009/09/04/day-160-situation/comment-page-1/#comment-449 Benson Chew Lian Huat Fri, 04 Sep 2009 21:10:25 +0000 http://www.girlonthebrink.com/?p=3780#comment-449 Dear Ann, I am from Singapore. You write and pen your thoughts well. It will be just a matter of time that you will do well in life again. Best wishes and regards Benson Dear Ann,
I am from Singapore.
You write and pen your thoughts well.
It will be just a matter of time that you will do well in life again.
Best wishes and regards
Benson

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