How many of you have been homeless? - GoFuckYourself.com

TaDoW · 07-22-2004, 03:44 PM

The only person I know of in the industry who started out homeless was chris ramirez (sexhound) ... I think he's back to homeless too...

Did anyone else get their start because they gave their sponsor a blow job in the mens room of the YMCA for a server?

Rictor · 07-22-2004, 03:45 PM

Never been homeless. I guess if you were...you could access the Internet at the public library.

Rankings · 07-22-2004, 04:07 PM

I've come very close to it, but luckily never made it there

Ross · 07-22-2004, 04:09 PM

Never been homeless, never been poor, never will be homeless, never will be poor.

Life is good

polish_aristocrat · 07-22-2004, 04:10 PM

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Originally posted by TaDoW
I think he's back to homeless too...

TaDoW · 07-22-2004, 04:13 PM

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Originally posted by polish_aristocrat

yeah, tell me about it ... the dumbass had it made, was personally taking home over $100k per month, had a fucking awesome profit margin on a growing business worth at least a couple of million bucks, two houses, a lot of cars, and several shit-stained diapers under his bed!

don't know why he would do the shit he did, but I guess that's what lunacy will do to ya.

ShellyCrash · 07-22-2004, 04:31 PM

I ran away when I was 15- so I squatted, but I was under 18, so I don't think that has the same street cred as an actual homless adult.

phogirl69 · 07-22-2004, 04:33 PM

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Originally posted by TaDoW
yeah, tell me about it ... the dumbass had it made, was personally taking home over $100k per month, had a fucking awesome profit margin on a growing business worth at least a couple of million bucks, two houses, a lot of cars, and several shit-stained diapers under his bed!

don't know why he would do the shit he did, but I guess that's what lunacy will do to ya.

What did he do, what was "the shit" he did that made him homeless again?

Pornkings · 07-22-2004, 04:37 PM

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Originally posted by TaDoW
yeah, tell me about it ... the dumbass had it made, was personally taking home over $100k per month, had a fucking awesome profit margin on a growing business worth at least a couple of million bucks, two houses, a lot of cars, and several shit-stained diapers under his bed!

don't know why he would do the shit he did, but I guess that's what lunacy will do to ya.

I've seen this happen to many in this biz. not all in millions but close

angeleyes · 07-22-2004, 04:37 PM

I was homeless after my divorce (lived in my car) I could have ran home to Mommy and Daddy but I refused to. I parked my car at the beach at night to sleep and actually had to stand in front of 7-11 for food.

I never asked for money, just food to survive. That only lasted a few months until I got someone to hire me without a phone or address and then I picked myself up from there and got back into the "swing" of life. It was a humbling experience.... I learned a lot from it and appreciate everything I have or anything nice that someone does for me now more than ever! I won't give homeless people money, but I will buy them meals or give them clothing if they are wearing torn up/dirty stuff.

polish_aristocrat · 07-22-2004, 04:38 PM

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Originally posted by angeleyes
I was homeless after my divorce (lived in my car) I could have ran home to Mommy and Daddy but I refused to. I parked my car at the beach at night to sleep and actually had to stand in front of 7-11 for food. I never asked for money, just food to survive. That only lasted a few months until I got someone to hire me without a phone or address and then I picked myself up from there and got back into the "swing" of life. It was a humbling experience.... I learned a lot from it and appreciate everything I have or anything nice that someone does for me now more than ever! I won't give homeless people money, but I will buy them meals or give them clothing if they are wearing torn up/dirty stuff.

wow, how old were you and how old are you now ?

TaDoW · 07-22-2004, 04:42 PM

I offered to buy a homeless guy some food here a couple of months ago ... took him in to the store, said "what do you want" .. the guy bought bottled water and a 4 pack of reese's peanut butter cups.

went up to the cashier, as soon as my card cleared, he grabbed the food and walked out the door without saying "thank you" ... he's approached me two times more for $$ since then and I tell him each time that I won't give him anything because he didn't say thanks to me.

dirtysouth · 07-22-2004, 04:43 PM

Lived in my car in 1990 for 3 weeks including thanksgiving. Got out and convinced the manager of a parking garage downtown (where all our nightclubs are) to lease me space during the weekend. Started a valet parking service and got an apartment. Kept hustling and here I am. 3 kids in primo private schools, 180k home, etc. I'm not rich by any means but we are comfortable. Never give up!

angeleyes · 07-22-2004, 04:44 PM

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Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
wow, how old were you and how old are you now ?

I was 23 and I'm 32 now, why? (Yes, I got married way too early in my life and had to juggle college and a husband, it was a stupid mistake, but it was almost a decade ago and I turned out just fine.)

dirtysouth · 07-22-2004, 04:45 PM

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Originally posted by angeleyes
I learned a lot from it and appreciate everything I have or anything nice that someone does for me now more than ever!

Same here.

NickPapageorgio · 07-22-2004, 04:47 PM

At age 17 yes I was homeless. I fucked around at home doing drugs and shitting on my parents until they kicked me out. I lived on the beaches of Hatteras Island in North Carolina. I washed my clothes in the sound and had a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant in Avon called The Froggy Dog. I took showers at the local KOA campground. I lived like that for almost 2 years. Living like that will teach you alot about life and about people in general. It made me grow up. You either sink or swim when you're living like that. Luckily I was smart enough to swim.

aaron · 07-22-2004, 04:48 PM

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Originally posted by phogirl69
What did he do, what was "the shit" he did that made him homeless again?

still waiting

Ar3s · 07-22-2004, 04:56 PM

never was..
never will =)

TaDoW · 07-23-2004, 08:40 AM

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Originally posted by phogirl69
What did he do, what was "the shit" he did that made him homeless again?

He moved half the company to russia, while keeping a skelaton crew in seattle. While in russia, he ran out of medication, called brett & I, told us to fire the entire crew in seattle.... we refused.. blah blah blah .... found out he was getting involved with a child-for-sex-by-mail ring, so brett and I hit the road, swearing to him that we'd put him out of business =)

13 months later the sexhound.com domain was no longer resolving, their hosting company had a lein for $95,000 against them, his cars and houses were repoed, and he fled russia to mexico somewhere ... rumor has it he's back in ellensburg, wa starting a dog breeding company (those of you who knew chris and the blue dog, would get a kick out of this).

Marcus Aurelius · 07-23-2004, 08:48 AM

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Originally posted by Ross
Never been homeless, never been poor, never will be homeless, never will be poor.

Life is good

Never say never, anything is possible.

BradM · 07-23-2004, 08:54 AM

I am homeless right now.

Odie · 07-23-2004, 09:01 AM

I came close to being homeless. Thank goodness I had friends who let me use their couch till I got on my feet. i moved from couch to couch for about 3 months till I saved enough to get a place of my own. Learned alot about life and people.

SongRider · 07-23-2004, 09:06 AM

Been there done that......

And it SUCKED!!! I will NEVER forget it..... Happened to me once when I was a kid - and once as an adult .....

And if you think it could never happen to you then you better think again...... No matter how much of your life & effort you have spent climbing into your current situation you wouldnt believe how short the fall is from having everything to having NOTHING at all.....

Tam · 07-23-2004, 09:16 AM

My family was homeless in 97/98, bounced around from place to place, state to state looking for work, only to find out a year later the reason he couldn't find work is because the one job reference he thought was solid was crashing all attempts at work...... we LIVED a real life case of Fatal Attraction from his ex-boss for almost 2 years...... We had lost both his parents and a baby JUST prior to this, and had JUST had another baby (93) when he started working for this chick in 95.... brought home damn good money too. We BOTH had a breakdown at the same time so neither was strong enough to handle the other's breakdown, as a result, we lost everything we had and spent all of 97 homeless and no way to get jobs........ We spiraled from 93-97 with all that was hitting us in the face. In late 96 is when the breakdowns started and in January of 97, was when we lost it all completely....... spent everyday til October 31st, completely without anything.

We found out in late September why he couldn't get a job, ANY job, he was very over qualified for everything he applied for, but to no avail...... then I asked one point blank what the hell was going on and he told me he was getting a REALLY bad reference from this chick.... she had complete control of our lives from 95-98 and we didn't even know it.... burned her own house and said my husband did it, trashed us, harrased us, stalked us... and NO ONE would do a damn thing about it.... I was pregnant at the time we were going thru all of this in 97 so no one wanted to hire ME...... health risks and pregnancy wasn't exactly what any employer wanted to deal with.

It was in late 97 that we FINALLY caught a break and moved into Government housing to put my kids in a home...... while in Texas, we were told we couldn't get housing aid because we were white and it wasn't going to happen...... this was from the lady that ran the whole thing in that area, so THAT was hopeless... our only hope was to move back home to Ky where we were from and there we got help with housing..... he found a job and I set out to find something to do on the internet...... it was in mid 99 that we watched a thing on TV about how much money could be made in Porn..... and NOT having ever even watched a Porn Movie, I was a little shaky about it..... BUT.. with TONS of help from a LOT of awesome people, and they know who they are, we managed to make it and moved out of their 2 years before our goal which was 5 years..... we were trying to buy a house on land contract because of bad credit from the breakdowns, but that fucked up..... so we bought this place we are living in now and are doing fine...

And YES, I live in a trailer, a big one, and a damn nice one, but after what we have been thru as a family, we are all DAMN proud to be called trailer trash....... we have a home and it belongs to US.....

So yes I have been homeless....... as a child a few times when my dad was being a fuckup, and only once as an adult. While I NEVER want to go thru that again, it DID teach me a lot and we are stronger as a family for having had to go thru it, we know what's important.

Damn, I went longwinded again, sorry.... LOL

Tam · 07-23-2004, 09:17 AM

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Originally posted by SongRider
Been there done that......

And it SUCKED!!! I will NEVER forget it..... Happened to me once when I was a kid - and once as an adult .....

And if you think it could never happen to you then you better think again...... No matter how much of your life & effort you have spent climbing into your current situation you wouldnt believe how short the fall is from having everything to having NOTHING at all.....

DAMN, I should take short and sweet lessons from you sometime.... you didn't get as longwinded as I did....... LMAO

For the record, anyone that doesn't know, this is my husband.......... LMAO

Manowar · 07-23-2004, 09:17 AM

Never.

sperbonzo · 07-23-2004, 09:21 AM

After I got out of the Army in 93. I was 30 years old. I had been sending my money to my girlfriend, and she decided to spit with me when I got out. Unemployment in LA was at 14%, and I had no money. (since I had been sending it to her). I ended up sleeping in the park for two months, made a deal with the guy that ran the local community pool to take showers, dug through the trash to get want ads. I would walk miles to go to interviews, hide my stuff in a dumpster behind the buildings, then walk back to the park. I finally got a job, got a weekly hotel/flophouse to stay in, and worked my way up and out of it.

polish_aristocrat · 07-23-2004, 09:24 AM

Not judging it, but i am sure most people who were homeless are from the US.
I cannot imagine an EU citizen saying "I was homeless for 6 months and it teached me many things about life, but now it's all cool, i am succesfull and just bought a new Porsche" or something like that.

In the rest of the world once homeless = in 99% of cases forever homeless and spending one's life at the railway station

At least this is what homeless means to me...

Zebra · 07-23-2004, 09:25 AM

I was kinda homeless for a few weeks when my house burned to the ground in '97. Luckily my sites were doing very well at the time and I got a new place soon after. Had to live in my mom's guestroom for a few weeks till things got sorted out.
That was the closest I have ever come.
Can't imagine not having a shower, A/C, and a web connection available when you wanted it.

nastyking · 07-23-2004, 09:25 AM

As long as GFY exists I will always have a Home

Tam · 07-23-2004, 09:28 AM

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Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
Not judging it, but i am sure most people who were homeless are from the US.
I cannot imagine an EU citizen saying "I was homeless for 6 months and it teached me many things about life, but now it's all cool, i am succesfull and just bought a new Porsche" or something like that.

In the rest of the world once homeless = in 99% of cases forever homeless and spending one's life at the railway station

At least this is what homeless means to me...

Yes, we are from the US..... and once homeless doesn't have to always mean homeless, you just have to have the will to fight your way out of it and a WANT to..... ANYONE can find a job, and I am convinced of this, you just have to figure out how much you want it and figure out the best and fastest way to do it... it's all in how badly you want it here, or at least for us. We had 4 reasons to fight thru it...... 2 boys, a girl and one on the way.... that was all the reason we needed.

ZanyCash Larry · 07-23-2004, 09:28 AM

No way man, never.
The business has been good

TaDoW · 07-23-2004, 09:29 AM

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Originally posted by Tam
My family was homeless in 97/98, bounced around from place to place, state to state looking for work, only to find out a year later the reason he couldn't find work is because the one job reference he thought was solid was crashing all attempts at work...... we LIVED a real life case of Fatal Attraction from his ex-boss for almost 2 years...... We had lost both his parents and a baby JUST prior to this, and had JUST had another baby (93) when he started working for this chick in 95.... brought home damn good money too. We BOTH had a breakdown at the same time so neither was strong enough to handle the other's breakdown, as a result, we lost everything we had and spent all of 97 homeless and no way to get jobs........ We spiraled from 93-97 with all that was hitting us in the face. In late 96 is when the breakdowns started and in January of 97, was when we lost it all completely....... spent everyday til October 31st, completely without anything.

We found out in late September why he couldn't get a job, ANY job, he was very over qualified for everything he applied for, but to no avail...... then I asked one point blank what the hell was going on and he told me he was getting a REALLY bad reference from this chick.... she had complete control of our lives from 95-98 and we didn't even know it.... burned her own house and said my husband did it, trashed us, harrased us, stalked us... and NO ONE would do a damn thing about it.... I was pregnant at the time we were going thru all of this in 97 so no one wanted to hire ME...... health risks and pregnancy wasn't exactly what any employer wanted to deal with.

It was in late 97 that we FINALLY caught a break and moved into Government housing to put my kids in a home...... while in Texas, we were told we couldn't get housing aid because we were white and it wasn't going to happen...... this was from the lady that ran the whole thing in that area, so THAT was hopeless... our only hope was to move back home to Ky where we were from and there we got help with housing..... he found a job and I set out to find something to do on the internet...... it was in mid 99 that we watched a thing on TV about how much money could be made in Porn..... and NOT having ever even watched a Porn Movie, I was a little shaky about it..... BUT.. with TONS of help from a LOT of awesome people, and they know who they are, we managed to make it and moved out of their 2 years before our goal which was 5 years..... we were trying to buy a house on land contract because of bad credit from the breakdowns, but that fucked up..... so we bought this place we are living in now and are doing fine...

And YES, I live in a trailer, a big one, and a damn nice one, but after what we have been thru as a family, we are all DAMN proud to be called trailer trash....... we have a home and it belongs to US.....

So yes I have been homeless....... as a child a few times when my dad was being a fuckup, and only once as an adult. While I NEVER want to go thru that again, it DID teach me a lot and we are stronger as a family for having had to go thru it, we know what's important.

Damn, I went longwinded again, sorry.... LOL

Holy shit Tam - congrats on making it through such rough times, it takes a very strong will to get through that!

=^..^= · 07-23-2004, 09:30 AM

yep, been there done that on numerous occasions when i was younger and it was really fucked up
guess thats what being young is about - learning life hard

Doc911 · 07-23-2004, 09:31 AM

After 6 divorces I would have to say I have been homeless to an extent. Living in hotels until rental applications went through. etc etc.

Living with a roommate is just like being homeless as well.

Tam · 07-23-2004, 09:36 AM

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Originally posted by TaDoW
Holy shit Tam - congrats on making it through such rough times, it takes a very strong will to get through that!

Well if not for my husband and kids, I couldn't have done it... we did it as a team.. my husband and I have been thru some really wicked shit, but we always come thru it.. because we CARE, not just there for the ride til it gets rocky.

SlickCash Sarah · 07-23-2004, 09:43 AM

I have never been homeless (luckily), and I am not generally religious, but I always say that god only does things to people who he KNOWS can handle it....strong willed people. I have the highest respect for people who pull themselves out when they are in deep!

Nismo · 07-23-2004, 09:44 AM

Yup, very bad/tough & poor childhood I went through.

Me and my mother lived in her 1985 buick century in parking garages for about 6 months in 1992.

I remember having to steal food and sweeping peoples porches for .50 just to buy food.

I was 10 years old.

Reallly made me learn ALOT. Although i hated it and don't like to talk about it, it was an excellent learning expierence.

sweetsally · 07-23-2004, 09:45 AM

nope, can't say that I have

Doctor Dre · 07-23-2004, 09:46 AM

Woah tam ... I knew you for years but didn't know that ...

I would probably suicide myself if I become homeless one day ...

TaDoW · 07-23-2004, 09:49 AM

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Originally posted by Doctor Dre
I would probably suicide myself if I become homeless one day ...

I'm not sure suicide is a verb .... ;-)

Theo · 07-23-2004, 09:54 AM

It seems a lot of people have been homeless in the past in this business. I didn't have an idea about it till now.

Theo · 07-23-2004, 09:58 AM

Tam definitely you are strong person

but we already knew that

hova · 07-23-2004, 10:17 AM

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Originally posted by Ar3s
never was..
never will =)

kmanrox · 07-23-2004, 10:24 AM

if it makes anyone feel any better, and maybe inspire/motivate people, fantasyman@cecash was bankrupt when he was 21 he told me once... now he's richer than God... that's what i call ambition.

TaDoW · 07-23-2004, 10:28 AM

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Originally posted by kmanrox
if it makes anyone feel any better, and maybe inspire/motivate people, fantasyman@cecash was bankrupt when he was 21 he told me once... now he's richer than God... that's what i call ambition.

God has no wealth.

Chichio · 07-23-2004, 10:54 AM

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Originally posted by polish_aristocrat
Not judging it, but i am sure most people who were homeless are from the US.
I cannot imagine an EU citizen saying "I was homeless for 6 months and it teached me many things about life, but now it's all cool, i am succesfull and just bought a new Porsche" or something like that.

In the rest of the world once homeless = in 99% of cases forever homeless and spending one's life at the railway station

At least this is what homeless means to me...

Wouldn't that be because most of Europe is Socialist and there are tons of programs to catch people from becoming homeless. If you're homeless in Europe you've failed to pick yourself up while receiving decent amounts of government money and help.

C_U_Next_Tuesday · 07-23-2004, 10:58 AM

was never actually homeless but i did have to stay with my brother for a few weeks one time when i gave up my groovy log cabin to live with the "psycho" ex..he beat me up while i was preggo and I left. I was glad that the girl I leased my cabin too wanted a roomate...so I got to move back in...thats as close as I have ever came.

Right now, i wouldnt mind selling everything I have and moving into the mountains for a few years..I can survive quite nicely out there ..hubby and the kids won't go for it though..fuckers

Tam · 07-23-2004, 11:38 AM

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Originally posted by Doctor Dre
Woah tam ... I knew you for years but didn't know that ...

I would probably suicide myself if I become homeless one day ...

No you wouldn't have...... you know why? Because when you need to, you find the strength to get thru shit.... I know you and know you aren't one to lay down and take shit, you are a fighter, same as any of the rest of us. You THINK you will do this or that, but you don't when it comes to it, you do what you have to do to survive....

Soul_Rebel... thanks babe... I don't know if it is strong or a determination to succeed...... or desperation... but it came from somewhere. LOL

There is no shame in being homeless at all.. the only shame I see is STAYING that way when there are so many other options.

dig420 · 07-23-2004, 12:29 PM

I was homeless off and on for a few years when I was young in the middle of a couple Indiana winters. Picked up and left Indiana for Missouri, lived in homeless shelters, got lice, the whole nine yards.

I got out of the cycle by joining the National Guard, getting my GED in basic training and then testing into college. It took years to get my head together. It's a fucked up thing, being homeless in your hometown.

That's one of the reasons I was so against the bumfights thing, other than the fact that it's brainlessly cruel and arrogant. I was homeless, Rorion Gracie was once homeless, a lot of good people have been homeless at one time or another. That doesn't make you fair game for snot-nosed pricks to come and fuck with you for entertainment. I wish to fuck one of those bums they tied up would have prosecuted them for assault and kidnapping, it would have stuck.

07-22-2004, 03:44 PM	#1
TaDoW Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Where It Rains Posts: 3,875	How many of you have been homeless? The only person I know of in the industry who started out homeless was chris ramirez (sexhound) ... I think he's back to homeless too... Did anyone else get their start because they gave their sponsor a blow job in the mens room of the YMCA for a server? __________________ -TaDoW I've Upped My Standards, Up Yours!

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angeleyes Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: Wandering around FL using random Wireless Connections Posts: 3,584	I was homeless after my divorce (lived in my car) I could have ran home to Mommy and Daddy but I refused to. I parked my car at the beach at night to sleep and actually had to stand in front of 7-11 for food. I never asked for money, just food to survive. That only lasted a few months until I got someone to hire me without a phone or address and then I picked myself up from there and got back into the "swing" of life. It was a humbling experience.... I learned a lot from it and appreciate everything I have or anything nice that someone does for me now more than ever! I won't give homeless people money, but I will buy them meals or give them clothing if they are wearing torn up/dirty stuff. __________________ Need a Writer? Contact Me. I write quality descriptions, short erotic stories, quality one-liners.. whatever you need.

07-22-2004, 04:42 PM	#12
TaDoW Confirmed User Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Where It Rains Posts: 3,875	I offered to buy a homeless guy some food here a couple of months ago ... took him in to the store, said "what do you want" .. the guy bought bottled water and a 4 pack of reese's peanut butter cups. went up to the cashier, as soon as my card cleared, he grabbed the food and walked out the door without saying "thank you" ... he's approached me two times more for $$ since then and I tell him each time that I won't give him anything because he didn't say thanks to me. __________________ -TaDoW I've Upped My Standards, Up Yours!

07-22-2004, 03:45 PM	#2
Rictor Old Timer Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Indianapolis Posts: 12,208	Never been homeless. I guess if you were...you could access the Internet at the public library.

07-22-2004, 04:09 PM	#4
Ross Ik ben een aap Industry Role: Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: Traffic Force Towers, Canada! Posts: 18,874	Never been homeless, never been poor, never will be homeless, never will be poor. Life is good

07-22-2004, 04:43 PM	#13
dirtysouth Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Mobtown Posts: 2,613	Lived in my car in 1990 for 3 weeks including thanksgiving. Got out and convinced the manager of a parking garage downtown (where all our nightclubs are) to lease me space during the weekend. Started a valet parking service and got an apartment. Kept hustling and here I am. 3 kids in primo private schools, 180k home, etc. I'm not rich by any means but we are comfortable. Never give up! __________________ no sig

07-22-2004, 04:47 PM	#16
NickPapageorgio Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: NC Posts: 8,323	At age 17 yes I was homeless. I fucked around at home doing drugs and shitting on my parents until they kicked me out. I lived on the beaches of Hatteras Island in North Carolina. I washed my clothes in the sound and had a job as a dishwasher at a restaurant in Avon called The Froggy Dog. I took showers at the local KOA campground. I lived like that for almost 2 years. Living like that will teach you alot about life and about people in general. It made me grow up. You either sink or swim when you're living like that. Luckily I was smart enough to swim. __________________

07-22-2004, 04:56 PM	#18
Ar3s So Fucking Banned Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: ICQ : 207880728 Posts: 4,307	never was.. never will =)

07-23-2004, 08:54 AM	#21
BradM Confirmed User Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: 1123,6536,5231 Posts: 3,397	I am homeless right now.

07-23-2004, 09:01 AM	#22
Odie Confirmed User Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The WATER BABY! Posts: 7,040	I came close to being homeless. Thank goodness I had friends who let me use their couch till I got on my feet. i moved from couch to couch for about 3 months till I saved enough to get a place of my own. Learned alot about life and people. __________________ Odie [email protected] Are you Mobile???? MMACanada ICQ # 166208354 See Who I Am At AdultWhosWho.com!

07-23-2004, 09:06 AM	#23
SongRider Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: KY- The state not the jelly Posts: 648	Been there done that...... And it SUCKED!!! I will NEVER forget it..... Happened to me once when I was a kid - and once as an adult ..... And if you think it could never happen to you then you better think again...... No matter how much of your life & effort you have spent climbing into your current situation you wouldnt believe how short the fall is from having everything to having NOTHING at all.....

07-23-2004, 09:16 AM	#24
Tam Rude Bitch Industry Role: Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: In your face Posts: 8,492	My family was homeless in 97/98, bounced around from place to place, state to state looking for work, only to find out a year later the reason he couldn't find work is because the one job reference he thought was solid was crashing all attempts at work...... we LIVED a real life case of Fatal Attraction from his ex-boss for almost 2 years...... We had lost both his parents and a baby JUST prior to this, and had JUST had another baby (93) when he started working for this chick in 95.... brought home damn good money too. We BOTH had a breakdown at the same time so neither was strong enough to handle the other's breakdown, as a result, we lost everything we had and spent all of 97 homeless and no way to get jobs........ We spiraled from 93-97 with all that was hitting us in the face. In late 96 is when the breakdowns started and in January of 97, was when we lost it all completely....... spent everyday til October 31st, completely without anything. We found out in late September why he couldn't get a job, ANY job, he was very over qualified for everything he applied for, but to no avail...... then I asked one point blank what the hell was going on and he told me he was getting a REALLY bad reference from this chick.... she had complete control of our lives from 95-98 and we didn't even know it.... burned her own house and said my husband did it, trashed us, harrased us, stalked us... and NO ONE would do a damn thing about it.... I was pregnant at the time we were going thru all of this in 97 so no one wanted to hire ME...... health risks and pregnancy wasn't exactly what any employer wanted to deal with. It was in late 97 that we FINALLY caught a break and moved into Government housing to put my kids in a home...... while in Texas, we were told we couldn't get housing aid because we were white and it wasn't going to happen...... this was from the lady that ran the whole thing in that area, so THAT was hopeless... our only hope was to move back home to Ky where we were from and there we got help with housing..... he found a job and I set out to find something to do on the internet...... it was in mid 99 that we watched a thing on TV about how much money could be made in Porn..... and NOT having ever even watched a Porn Movie, I was a little shaky about it..... BUT.. with TONS of help from a LOT of awesome people, and they know who they are, we managed to make it and moved out of their 2 years before our goal which was 5 years..... we were trying to buy a house on land contract because of bad credit from the breakdowns, but that fucked up..... so we bought this place we are living in now and are doing fine... And YES, I live in a trailer, a big one, and a damn nice one, but after what we have been thru as a family, we are all DAMN proud to be called trailer trash....... we have a home and it belongs to US..... So yes I have been homeless....... as a child a few times when my dad was being a fuckup, and only once as an adult. While I NEVER want to go thru that again, it DID teach me a lot and we are stronger as a family for having had to go thru it, we know what's important. Damn, I went longwinded again, sorry.... LOL __________________ Get in Touch on Telegram if you need a hardworker - (since 1999)

07-23-2004, 09:17 AM	#26
Manowar jellyfish Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 71,528	Never.

07-23-2004, 09:21 AM	#27
sperbonzo I'd rather be on my boat. Industry Role: Join Date: May 2003 Location: Miami, FL Posts: 9,748	After I got out of the Army in 93. I was 30 years old. I had been sending my money to my girlfriend, and she decided to spit with me when I got out. Unemployment in LA was at 14%, and I had no money. (since I had been sending it to her). I ended up sleeping in the park for two months, made a deal with the guy that ran the local community pool to take showers, dug through the trash to get want ads. I would walk miles to go to interviews, hide my stuff in a dumpster behind the buildings, then walk back to the park. I finally got a job, got a weekly hotel/flophouse to stay in, and worked my way up and out of it. __________________ Michael Sperber / Acella Financial LLC/ Online Payment Processing [email protected] / http://Acellafinancial.com/ ICQ 177961090 / Tel +1 909 NET BILL / Skype msperber

07-23-2004, 09:24 AM	#28
polish_aristocrat Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40,377	Not judging it, but i am sure most people who were homeless are from the US. I cannot imagine an EU citizen saying "I was homeless for 6 months and it teached me many things about life, but now it's all cool, i am succesfull and just bought a new Porsche" or something like that. In the rest of the world once homeless = in 99% of cases forever homeless and spending one's life at the railway station At least this is what homeless means to me... __________________ I don't use ICQ anymore.

07-23-2004, 09:25 AM	#29
Zebra Banned from Kimmy's couch Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: Down at Fraggle Rock Posts: 5,091	I was kinda homeless for a few weeks when my house burned to the ground in '97. Luckily my sites were doing very well at the time and I got a new place soon after. Had to live in my mom's guestroom for a few weeks till things got sorted out. That was the closest I have ever come. Can't imagine not having a shower, A/C, and a web connection available when you wanted it. __________________ Old School

07-23-2004, 09:25 AM	#30
nastyking Join Date: Nov 2002 Posts: 2,174	As long as GFY exists I will always have a Home __________________

07-23-2004, 09:28 AM	#32
ZanyCash Larry Confirmed User Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: California Posts: 1,057	No way man, never. The business has been good __________________ $45 Per Signup - 60/40 RevShare! 5% Webmaster Referral Bonus Hosted Static Galleries With Recip Link

07-23-2004, 09:30 AM	#34
=^..^= Confirmed User Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: ICQ 380-366 Posts: 6,935	yep, been there done that on numerous occasions when i was younger and it was really fucked up guess thats what being young is about - learning life hard __________________ #RememberYourRoots #AaronMForGFYHOF

07-23-2004, 09:31 AM	#35
Doc911 Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: If i was up your ass you'd know Posts: 3,695	After 6 divorces I would have to say I have been homeless to an extent. Living in hotels until rental applications went through. etc etc. Living with a roommate is just like being homeless as well. __________________ For PHP/MySQL scripts ICQ 161480555 or email [email protected]

07-23-2004, 09:43 AM	#37
SlickCash Sarah Confirmed User Join Date: Feb 2004 Location: Toronto-I would rather DIE of thirst, then drink from the cup of MEDIOCRITY! Posts: 2,055	I have never been homeless (luckily), and I am not generally religious, but I always say that god only does things to people who he KNOWS can handle it....strong willed people. I have the highest respect for people who pull themselves out when they are in deep!

07-23-2004, 09:44 AM	#38
Nismo Confirmed User Join Date: May 2002 Location: FLORIDA Posts: 4,977	Yup, very bad/tough & poor childhood I went through. Me and my mother lived in her 1985 buick century in parking garages for about 6 months in 1992. I remember having to steal food and sweeping peoples porches for .50 just to buy food. I was 10 years old. Reallly made me learn ALOT. Although i hated it and don't like to talk about it, it was an excellent learning expierence. __________________ i buy massive xxx dating traffic.

07-23-2004, 09:45 AM	#39
sweetsally Confirmed User Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 231	nope, can't say that I have

07-23-2004, 09:54 AM	#42
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	It seems a lot of people have been homeless in the past in this business. I didn't have an idea about it till now.

07-23-2004, 09:58 AM	#43
Theo HAL 9000 Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 34,515	Tam definitely you are strong person but we already knew that

07-23-2004, 10:24 AM	#45
kmanrox aka K-Man Industry Role: Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The Gutter Posts: 29,292	if it makes anyone feel any better, and maybe inspire/motivate people, fantasyman@cecash was bankrupt when he was 21 he told me once... now he's richer than God... that's what i call ambition. __________________ Crypto HODLr Crypto mining Angel investor

07-23-2004, 10:58 AM	#48
C_U_Next_Tuesday WW4L Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: over the river and through the woods Posts: 10,581	was never actually homeless but i did have to stay with my brother for a few weeks one time when i gave up my groovy log cabin to live with the "psycho" ex..he beat me up while i was preggo and I left. I was glad that the girl I leased my cabin too wanted a roomate...so I got to move back in...thats as close as I have ever came. Right now, i wouldnt mind selling everything I have and moving into the mountains for a few years..I can survive quite nicely out there ..hubby and the kids won't go for it though..fuckers

07-23-2004, 12:29 PM	#50
dig420 Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: May 2001 Posts: 9,240	I was homeless off and on for a few years when I was young in the middle of a couple Indiana winters. Picked up and left Indiana for Missouri, lived in homeless shelters, got lice, the whole nine yards. I got out of the cycle by joining the National Guard, getting my GED in basic training and then testing into college. It took years to get my head together. It's a fucked up thing, being homeless in your hometown. That's one of the reasons I was so against the bumfights thing, other than the fact that it's brainlessly cruel and arrogant. I was homeless, Rorion Gracie was once homeless, a lot of good people have been homeless at one time or another. That doesn't make you fair game for snot-nosed pricks to come and fuck with you for entertainment. I wish to fuck one of those bums they tied up would have prosecuted them for assault and kidnapping, it would have stuck.