I have some friends who really are going through some awful shit and.....they try and blame themselves. The last thing they want to do is ask for help. You know damn well that guy who was getting evicted would never pay you back that money, ever. Eviction is a lengthy process, usually caused by things like....not paying rent for a good long while. Not just once. A long line of months where rent was not paid. On top of that, there's the process itself, which allows the renter to live basically rent free while the case is in court.
Trying to whine somebody into bed gives a whole meaning the phrase wine and dine---and not in a good way.
I've got friends I send food to, because there's times where they just don't have the money for that. And there's lots more. Lots of people just can't bring themselves to ask for help. It's Dickensian in some parts of the country.
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Date: 2011-10-10 06:40 pm (UTC)I have some friends who really are going through some awful shit and.....they try and blame themselves. The last thing they want to do is ask for help. You know damn well that guy who was getting evicted would never pay you back that money, ever. Eviction is a lengthy process, usually caused by things like....not paying rent for a good long while. Not just once. A long line of months where rent was not paid. On top of that, there's the process itself, which allows the renter to live basically rent free while the case is in court.
Trying to whine somebody into bed gives a whole meaning the phrase wine and dine---and not in a good way.
I've got friends I send food to, because there's times where they just don't have the money for that. And there's lots more. Lots of people just can't bring themselves to ask for help. It's Dickensian in some parts of the country.