Urgent Help Needed: Nate's Path to a Brighter Future
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Hello, I'm Nate, and it's been a really rough last couple of years. It's extremely hard for me to not show a successful public image, let alone ask for help, but my situation has become desperate, and your generosity could save me right now.
I don't want to go into excessive detail here, but from late 2023 onward I've had the following happen:
- My spouse, whom I had been living apart from but still in a relationship with, left me.
- I slipped on ice and cracked two ribs.
- I had a pinball machine playfield fall on my head and got a concussion. I still occasionally get spells related to this where I cannot handle looking at screens at all and can only just exist in a dark room with no stimulation.
- In my divorce from the above individual, despite us having signed an agreement with each other that our finances were separate when she moved out, she came after me for everything I had, and I ended up having to take out a huge HELOC on my house to pay for lawyers and settlement.
- Immediately after dealing with that, I was laid off from my job at Cisco.
- I have been job hunting for over 15 months now and have had zero success, despite having applied for upwards of 500 jobs. Initially, I looked for things similar to what I was doing, but I'm not able to even get interviews for technical support roles that paid less than half of what I was making previously. Hell, even the Dollar General up the street didn't call me back after applying. I continue to apply everywhere I can, but the job market is bleak.
- This winter, my partner was driving my car when it was rear-ended by a semi on the highway and my car was totaled. Because that car had suffered huge depreciation, I was over $10k underwater on the car loan even after my insurance's GAP coverage.
- All of my credit cards are maxed out and have not been paid in a few months. I am looking at bankruptcy and likely losing my house because a house with a HELOC on it is not protected in bankruptcy.
I've been getting by without a job solely by selling, or in some cases trading down, my pinball collection. Now I'm left with nothing of significant value or demand worth selling. My utilities are about to be shut off (managed to pay my phone and internet but water shut off is in 8 days and my bank account is negative). It's incredibly difficult to be open about this, but I am rapidly approaching homelessness at this rate so I am swallowing my pride and asking for your help.
If you have the means and willingness to help, I would appreciate whatever you can spare. I may be able to pay you back if I land a decent position and get on my feet again, but I don't want to over-promise given I don't know what the future holds
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Please disregard this fundraiser saying it's a benefit for Jess. I added them as a co-manager for the gofundme and now it's showing it's for them. I don't see how to alter that
Organizer and beneficiary
Nathan Timperley
Organizer
Jackson, MI
Jess Bennett
Beneficiary