Have you ever been homeless
By Jimbo45
@Ineeddentures (21567)
March 11, 2026 9:10pm CST
Have you ever been homeless
It's a horrible place to be, however you get to that point
By the time you are homeless, it don't matter much how you got there
So when people start the " it's their own fault" stuff, it really isn't helpful
I was homeless, I was lucky, I had this thing for the great outdoors
So I bought a tent
Camped near a beach beside a fruit farm.
Got a casual job picking fruit and stayed in my tent for almost 5 months, and then got an empty old cottage on the farm to stay on as I worked on after the fruit season had finished
I earned a fair bit of money, no bills to pay,, taxes, rent, energy etc
Worked hard, long hours
Made homelessness work for me
No moral or anything to this
Just try and be a bit kinder in attitude to homeless people
That will help them quite a lot
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@lovebuglena (49816)
• Staten Island, New York
13h
I was never in that situation and hope it will never come to that.
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@lovebuglena (49816)
• Staten Island, New York
13h
@Ineeddentures Fingers crossed. I’m very fortunate to still have my mom around.
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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13h
@lovebuglena
Exactly
She will always have womb at the inn for you
Womb sounds like room!!
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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14h
Well I camped beside a beach , in between a sand dune and some gorse bushes
Plenty shelter from wind and wet.
It was April I started and at night it could still get below freezing quite often,
Bit then it was summer
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@snowy22315 (204244)
• United States
14h
I have not been .Thank God. Glad you are housed now.
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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14h
Oh this was a long time ago, 38 years ago
And I was housed, I had my tent, a job, money, all I needed
After the first month working and I saw how much money I had, I was like #yayforme
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@toniganzon (74439)
• Philippines
13h
Kindness goes along way.
You were smart enough to work your way out of it.
You are one impressive Jumbo!
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@toniganzon (74439)
• Philippines
12h
@Ineeddentures Oh to be young, free, and single!
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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22m
@toniganzon
Yes indeed
I had no complaints
It was quite funny how girls were attracted to my ten at the beach.
@Ineeddentures (21567)
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13h
Well I figured it made sense and you know what, it was a good lifestyle
Young, free and single to mingle
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@LadyDuck (495228)
• Italy
46s
@Ineeddentures - A smile costs nothing and you can also give them something that you do not need but it's precious for them. A warm blanket, a sweater, a pair of pants.
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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38m
You are a good person Anna
I bet you are kind with everyone's
I am kind with everyone as well.
Kindness costs nothing
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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@LadyDuck
Exactly
But the best gift of all is a hot cup of coffee and a pastry.
I would have liked that but I wasn't camped near coffee or pastries sadly
@Ineeddentures (21567)
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33m
It was a long long long time ago
It wasn't a hardship
I think because I had a liking for the great outdoors, and had grown up on farms, the plan was easy to formulate.
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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23s
@DianneN
Once the tent and the sleeping bag were in place I knew ai would be ok
The farms always needed labour
It was at Lunan Bay, just north of Arbroath on the A92
I had worked on the same farm as a kid
@Ineeddentures (21567)
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13h
I am glad you have never been homeless Judy
And it was really good of you to help your friend and her daughter when they were homeless
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@wolfgirl569 (130937)
• Marion, Ohio
3h
I hope I never am. Many people end up there without trying to.
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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36m
Like I did.
I quite enjoyed it, I didn't think I would but they way it worked for me was ok
I have a four seasons tent and all the gear , so if I was homeless now I would be ok
I even have a mini woodburner and mini pots and pans.
And I have a balaclava
@JudyEv (374040)
• Rockingham, Australia
12h
That but for the grace of whoever goes our 54-year-old son and he's not out of the woods yet. Unfornately he doesn't like camping! lol We are trying to help him get his own place so at least he won't be turfed out on the street. In many cases, it is not the fault of the person involved. We hear story after story on the news about how difficult life is for some people.
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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Just now
It must be quite a worry for you and Vince
We don't want to be seeing our kids struggle and not have a home to call their own
I recall you mentioned this a while back
Is it difficult to get housing there?
@LindaOHio (216159)
• United States
4h
I could never be homeless in a cold climate. God bless you that you got out of that situation.
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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It wasn't that bad.
Chilly bit not really cold
I was quite comfortable.
And it was a long long time ago
@Ghostlady (2232)
• United States
10h
When I was in Mexico for 8 months we mostly stayed with my Ex's family, but we stayed with a family and built a room addition for them, then a friend let us stay in a corrigated hut that actually looked like a little house. Dirt floor, no running water or electricity. Had a gas stove and a refrigerator that of course didn't work, but good for storing food. Had to go across the street to use the bathroom. Walked to the little store on the other side of the small mountain every day to get food for dinner. We could get water from the people across the street M-W-F, and next door on Tu-Thu-and Sat. No one in the are got water on Sunday. Had containers to keep water in. It was trying at times, but I love a Challenge...Well, back then I did. That was 35 years ago. Couldn't do that today. That is as close to homeless that I have been.
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@Ineeddentures (21567)
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You hit the nail on the head
It's all about liking a challenge and overcoming obstacles
I'm not sure I could do the same today
But at least ai have a few tents and sleeping bags to choose from of i did
