How many of you Duers have ever been homeless at some point in your life?

[Ontheboundry]

26. After my marriage

My ex wife made sure I had very few options financially.

I had a good job, making about 80k a year in a southern state, but this was the first year of Obamacare, and my companies insurance was like 325 a week for the 'Good' plan, plus child support of 1400 a month and oddly alimony of like 600 (she was an en but quit about two months prior to her filing paperwork)

I was left with like 490 a week (or there abouts) and still had my bills to pay. After the dust settled I had about an extra 500 a month to play with l.

The good part for me was I had a small kitchen and shower at work, and was using a crock pot in there constantly and the shower.

This went on for two years til some dna tests proved that she had done some paternity fraud to trap me into the marriage (first kid, other two were mine)

So it relieved the pressure of no alimony and reduced child support and one of the other kids came of age

I slept in my car for this two years except when I had the kids, id rent a motel for the weekend.

I eventually dug my way out, and ended up better off for it