How many of you Duers have ever been homeless at some point in your life?

[Chellee]

18. I stayed on a friend's couch for 3 months.

During my divorce my ex-husband told me he would burn the house down with me and my daughter in it if I didn't get out. I believed him. I took my daughter about an hour away to my grandmother's house and she lived there. I needed to be able to be close to work so I slept on a friend's couch.

I was able to buy a very old, postage stamp of a house even though I'm pretty sure I probably didn't qualify for the mortgage. I think the woman doing the paperwork pushed it through, pulled some strings, called in favors to get me into a house. My ex showed up at her office one day and was so threatening (because she was helping me) that they had to call the cops. She told me that she would do whatever it took to get me into my own place. She even offered to let me store my furniture in her garage.