GeneL Needs Our Help!

[GeneL]

Today was a bad day for me.
Mavis came to visit me in the hospital. She had been in a bad mood and started in on me with a litany that she has used to demean me, over the years. She went on and on how she had paid the rent and I hadn't contributed anything. She has beaten me up with this many times in the past, when she was feeling frustrated with other things in her life.
She completely drops out the contributions that I've made and that she has always turned down my offers to give her money towards the bills.
There was nothing that I could do to get past her mood, so she left to go home and I was left feeling hurt and alone.
All the suggestions that have been offered suddenly seem to have no relevance for me.
For one thing, based on my direct experience with an estate sale, there's no way that I would go that route.
I have sold items successfully on Craig's List in the past and, of course, I've had years of experience selling at a swap meet. On top of that, I recently have seen a number of websites that offer ways to buy and sell items.
My original thought in posting was to see if I could find anyone from the forum that could assist me in selling my items online.
I feel that I have to do my best to sell my "stuff" directly by whatever means are available.
I had been hoping that some members from the forum would be close enough to pitch in with some time and expertise, so that I can at least break the ice and find some buyers for my items.
Right now, I am so discouraged that I don't even want to go on like this.
I appreciate all the input, but I think you should see that the main ingredient has been missing.
I feel all alone and I need actual friends that do things with me.
In the past, that's what I experienced with friends. Unfortunately, it seems that virtual friends don't seem to cut it like friends that are around when you need them.
I hate to say this, but I am so down that I have thoughts that I wish I wouldn't wake up in the morning.
There's just been too many disappointments lately.

[Speedy]

I’m sorry to hear how the visit with Mavis turned out.

[3d]

"Mavis is 87, frail in some ways, but sharp as a tack."

[mrbigstuff]

Gene, you need to make the effort to call those organizations that were noted in the earlier emails. If you can't do so yourself, the suggestion was made to have the hospital advocate do so for you. Of course, no one knows exactly how that will turn out for you, but you should try that and report back. That is your homework for this week, starting Monday morning. Tell us how what they tell you.

[rgG]

mrbigstuff wrote:
Gene, you need to make the effort to call those organizations that were noted in the earlier emails. If you can't do so yourself, the suggestion was made to have the hospital advocate do so for you. Of course, no one knows exactly how that will turn out for you, but you should try that and report back. That is your homework for this week, starting Monday morning. Tell us how what they tell you.

This, this, this.

Focus on getting some help from a real person at the hospital, then you can deal with selling your stuff.

People here are willing to help, but most do not live close enough to physically help you sell your stuff.

[bfd]

Does Gene have any living family?

[rgG]

bfd wrote:
Does Gene have any living family?

I asked that earlier, also, but he did not say.

[GeneL]

I have a son who lives in Thousand Oaks, California.
He refuses to assist me!
He as gone from being loving to being angry with me for things that he now feels I hurt his feelings. He responds to my telling him of some of the many things that that I did for him that they were "for me!"
Among the many, many things that I sacrificed to give him was a early 1980's Mac that cost me $3000.He was going away to University of Pennsylvania on a scholarship and I felt that this would really help him.
There was so much more, but now he just refuses to acknowledge any of the loving genorousity that I showed him.
So, another reason why I feel so lost right now.

[GeneL]

Another point that I want to make is that I have called and called the various agencies and social workers and most of what they have offered were "referrals" and not of any real help to me. I have called and called and the only real helpful result was my psychologist finding me a place that I could afford. Unfortunately, it is so tiny that it can only be a short term stop gap, particularly because I can't have Precious with me.

[rgG]

GeneL wrote:
Another point that I want to make is that I have called and called the various agencies and social workers and most of what they have offered were "referrals" and not of any real help to me. I have called and called and the only real helpful result was my psychologist finding me a place that I could afford. Unfortunately, it is so tiny that it can only be a short term stop gap, particularly because I can't have Precious with me.

Take it at least for the short term
Sell your stuff while there, for the short term, then hopefully get enough money to move.

Sorry about your situation with your son.