The Story I Never Wanted to Share
- By: Tarryn Dennis
- Short URL: https://archive.backabuddy.co.za/tarryn-dennis-5825535304811907171
- Date Created: 1 February 2024
Personal message
My name is Tarryn and I am a single mother of two wonderful but costly children...lol.
I have always been proud and independent, never wanting to ask anyone for help. But now I am in a desperate situation, like many others who are facing a financial crisis.
I consider myself to be hardworking and smart. But I have realized that this is not enough to secure a job that can support me and my kids. I was wrong to think that.
I often feel depressed when I look back at all the years I wasted, giving my youth and energy to make someone else rich, hoping that I would be appreciated and rewarded for my hard work, drive, tenacity and resilience.
I have been shocked by the reality (i think i was living in 'Lala land')...lol, that companies are profit-driven entities...huh!!!...Really?!...they are in the business of making money...Unbelievable!!! isn't it?!
Through no fault of their own, this is how business operates - cut costs where necessary, and use current resources to its optimal, while paying the elusive monthly salary that never increases or offers a bonus.
This works well for the business, keeping expenses low and profits high or sustained, while using their resources to the maximum benefit. On the flip-side, as an employee, 'a slave to the system' - I can barely make ends meet with my salary, and often i find myself having to play the game of 'Which Debtor gets Paid This Month?'.
Please don't misunderstand me, I am not blaming anyone for my current situation, I am just acknowledging the fact that I never had a plan for my life beyond a 9-5 and never thought of using my salary to build a legacy for myself and my children.
This harsh realisation had to hit me at my lowest point in my life.
Now I am here, humbled and vulnerable, asking a stranger... a kind soul...
To help me...
...get out of this financial mess. I hope that I will make better financial choices after receiving your help.
Look! I do have a plan. I am not asking for money as a mere handout, and I don't want to repeat this situation over and over again.
I have a curiosity and a natural talent for technology and I would like to do web design in my near future. I have completed some courses and I have the basics down for now. But this is more a long term strategy and goal.
I would be so grateful for a donation towards my current outstanding debt, that has become my nightmare, that suffocates me with every breath I take.
Some of the most pressing things that are haunting me at the moment, whispering in my ears to get sorted are...
- Repairs to my washing machine - I have been washing by hand and occasionally at my mom's house.
- Repairs to my car - I need new brakes and brake discs, I am pretty sure I need a new thermometer and new tyres.
- I am behind on my levy and rates and taxes for my unit.
Last year I went into debt review, hoping to get some relief. I can tell you, this has not helped me at all - as the installment is literally half my salary. So now I live a life of paycheck to paycheck and show up on peoples phone screens every now and again asking for money that i can never pay back. (This hurts my pride allot as i don't like owing others)
So here i am appearing on your screen, doing the very thing that hurts my pride.
However in life, You need people...
You don't know me and I don't know you...
And I am begging you with a heavy heart and tears in my eyes for your assistance, so that I can stop having these dark thoughts of 'How life would be better if it were to end right now'. Don't worry - they are just mere fleeting thoughts, that usually come during hard times.
I hope you can find it in your heart to open your wallet and sponsor me.
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