im so broke..i ran out of food today.

[penniless]

and i cant afford to buy anymore
im a regular but ive changed my name because im a proud person.
my dh walked out on me a year agoalthough he hangs around a lot still..he pays maintenance which takes me over the is threshold. so i only get tax creditsbut when we were together i took out a loan..a few years ago when i was earning and now im left with the payments to manage..ive just registered as self employed but im not getting any worki spent a lot of money getting my business up and running now im not getting any return im 500 pounds overdrawn at the banki cant stay afloat anymoreive no money for christmas prersents, no money for anything, the fridge is empty, i cant put petrol in the car,o told my mum today because id got so desperate but she wasnt interested, im so unhappy, how the hell did i end up like this, i dont want sympathy, just wanted to posdt it and get it off my chest

fattymama-once ive paid all my bills i cant spend more that 45 on food shopping, yet still the overdraft mounts.

soapbox, i dont know how to. im new. but i will gladly help. just tell me how

Whereabouts are you (approx)? As Glassofwine said, someone may be able to help you over the next few days.

Penniless, even as I was typing I realised you would have tried that already. So sorry .

Do you have any food at all atm? What have got?

(even if it seems like nothing it may be possible to cobble a couple of meals together, however bizarre they may sound)

i am in west sussex and if you are anywhere near me i have a freezer full of bits and pieces that we wont eat. i would be happy for you to have them.

i know you don't want to reveal anything about yourself but i can assure you that in my job (when i was working) confidentiality is rule numero uno so your privacy is assured....plus i am rubbish with names anyway.

please feel free to CAT me or email me on FATTIEMUMMA @ msn.com

Have you got anything you can sell on here or Ebay? That would bring you in a little money to help with christmas.
Im trying to do that now so that i can transfer some from Paypal to bank account for christmas food mainly.

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penniless. i know its hard but please tell us where roughly you are we can get stuff through to help you. if i can send you anything let me know CAT me if you want so i can help you.

im in shropshire if i can help

penniless just tell us where you are and i'm sure someone will be able to help. we're all nicknames here anyway, if we find out your RL name it won't mean anything to anyone. doesn't mean that they'll find out your more usual nickname, if you get my drift? i'm sorry you find yourself in this position, but as you've pointed out, this could happen to any of us so you are doing the right thing if you accept some assistance.

You can't not eat. Haven't much in myself but could spare some tinned stuff and have some packs of savoury rice and some pasta. If you email me [email protected] with your addy I could send them out in the morning if thats any good.

got to take ds to bed. but my email is [email protected] please let me know if i can help x

penniless, let us know where you are roughly and there's sure to be someone who can help.

Penniless - I'm in North Yorkshire, can I help? Don't like to give out my email (gets DH hot and bothered) but have some Tesco vouchers that i don't really need.

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penniless, I'd be happy to help too.

Are you still there?

tortoise, ive been selling stuff like there is no tomorrow, ive even sold stuff that ex h left behind ha ha , sadly though i sold h's bike which ds thought he was getting, im selling my bike but had no interest, ive got an exercise machine which is up for sale,clothes waiting to go on ebay, you name it im selling it.
im a bit scared to say where i am as im a reasonably well know regular and not many mumsne
tters live where i do

can you use the tesco voucers without the matching clubcard..if so got one i'd be happy to post .....

yorkie-you have me on your msn

Could you give us the vague location, just so we know if any of us are somewhere near.

I have some supermarket vouchers you are very welcome to.

Would you be happy to tell Soapbox your address in confidence?

Maybe a few of us could club together and get a supermarket delivery to you to see you through the next few days?

penniless. it doesnt matter that your a regular i wont know your real name anyway! please mail me [email protected] (stupid e'mail address i know) but please dont be ashamed we have all been there or close at some point x

None of us will know your usual posting name and I for one have no idea where most mnetters live!

HC - good idea

then you will be well thought of by many and there will be lots of people who would hate to knwo what yoru going through, worried to tell anyone.

please let us help you

good idea humphrey. im in x