I'm so scared..
Date: Mon, 09/22/2008 - 09:01
This week my bank revoked the overdraft protection due to abuse. I knew it was coming, and I am not surprised, even a little relieved that the temptation has been taken away.
My problem now is that my car loan is over due, my cc's are over due. 1 cc has been charged off, and I've been making payments, but I can't do that this month, 1 cc is near charge off and I can't fufill the second half of the aggrement to settle this month.
my dh's check is direct deposited into the account, and after bringing the account current will leave us with around 100. My paycheck is not dd'd, so I will have approx 300 cash on hand. my car loan is 270 for last month, the cc is 100.
I also have 2 checks being returned right now, one of which is to a friend which is terribly ashaming.
I also have to tell my mom she can't cash the check I gave her earlier this week.
The absolute worst of all of this? My husband is clueless. I completely ran everything, and I've completely run it into the ground. I'm am petrified of telling him, I don't know if our marriage could take it.
I've brought everything on myself, I am well aware. We tried to live a life we couldn't afford, and I don't understand why I couldn't stop myself! We got our tax money, and I swore that would be the end of the neg account. Poof! I couldn't even tel lyou where it went. Then the stimulus check...same thing...Poof!
If anyone has any advice for me, I really need it. I am thinking about going to my church to ask for assistance to get our neccesities paid, but it will take an awfull lot of pride swallowing and I don't know if I am strong enough.
Thanks for reading this novel!
Welcome to the Community :D You have alot of things going on rig
Welcome to the Community :D You have alot of things going on right now.
First I would tell my husband, he will find out sooner or later, and it's better to come from you, not someone else.
Second, I would prioritize my debts. The necessities come first--home, food ,etc. You will also need to make arrangements with your bank to get out of the negative.My son was in a mess and I spoke with a bank officer in person-had to swallow alot of pride there, and we set up a payment plan.
Worry about the credit cards later- I am not saying to not pay them, just get your necessities taken care of first.
You are entitiled to free credit counseling since you have registered, they may have other solutions for you as well.
I did our debt by myself, but we didn't have a tremendous amount of debt. It took me a while to get into it, and it took a while to get out-but it was worth it.
You may be able to go to some of your local "helping" agencies, such as food banks, United Way, etc, to help you out temporarily.
You aren't alone, many of us have been there, done that--that's why we found this site. Feel free to ask questons, we are here to help..karen