Most people don't really climb back out of something like a drop in social rank or in how much money they make. Think of all these people who are barely getting by (they have jobs, just crappy ones) and then... they're just like that forever. You actually went pretty far down to the bottom, bounced back up and are still working on going higher, which is really rare.
Take for example my older sister. Dropped out of college in her first semester, was always working for like drive-through coffee shops where you wear skimpy outfits, leeching off boyfriends (who weren't exactly rich either), and eventually between her and her boyfriend the two of them couldn't afford anything better than a trailer home with NO electricity or water. How's that really any better than a homeless shelter (where at least you theoretically have electricity, heating, water and a toilet)? She's been doing this kind of stuff for TEN YEARS. Now her only job is being, what's it called, a "mystery shopper" - y'know, you go into a shop and order this or that and then time the staff and review the place - and she thinks that's "really good pay". But it's still not enough pay to where she can afford to not live with her mom and grandma.
And people just stay like that. Forever. Never really working towards anything at all. Even losing the WANT to improve their lives. But you guys are still going!
Being homeless isn't always something that's... I don't know how to put it, "your fault". Some people are homeless because their parents kicked them out when they were a teenager, or they lost their homes in a natural disaster, and some even choose to be homeless because they reject material society. Apparently the American job market is actually worse than it was during the great depression or something like that; if you're homeless because you can't find work, and can't find housing you can afford, that's not exactly entirely your fault (as in, theoretically there are even options like getting English teaching jobs in Asia if you really need a job, but if you don't see that as an option then you don't see that as an option). Just remember, there's actually worse stuff out there than having been homeless. You can start comparing things - which is more shameful in society's eyes, being homeless or being a stripper? lol
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Date: 2018-05-17 12:05 am (UTC)Take for example my older sister. Dropped out of college in her first semester, was always working for like drive-through coffee shops where you wear skimpy outfits, leeching off boyfriends (who weren't exactly rich either), and eventually between her and her boyfriend the two of them couldn't afford anything better than a trailer home with NO electricity or water. How's that really any better than a homeless shelter (where at least you theoretically have electricity, heating, water and a toilet)? She's been doing this kind of stuff for TEN YEARS. Now her only job is being, what's it called, a "mystery shopper" - y'know, you go into a shop and order this or that and then time the staff and review the place - and she thinks that's "really good pay". But it's still not enough pay to where she can afford to not live with her mom and grandma.
And people just stay like that. Forever. Never really working towards anything at all. Even losing the WANT to improve their lives. But you guys are still going!
Being homeless isn't always something that's... I don't know how to put it, "your fault". Some people are homeless because their parents kicked them out when they were a teenager, or they lost their homes in a natural disaster, and some even choose to be homeless because they reject material society. Apparently the American job market is actually worse than it was during the great depression or something like that; if you're homeless because you can't find work, and can't find housing you can afford, that's not exactly entirely your fault (as in, theoretically there are even options like getting English teaching jobs in Asia if you really need a job, but if you don't see that as an option then you don't see that as an option). Just remember, there's actually worse stuff out there than having been homeless. You can start comparing things - which is more shameful in society's eyes, being homeless or being a stripper? lol