As of this month, we have no income at all. My daughter was receiving survivor's benefits, which were to stop at 18. She turned 18 on May 1st. Well, many social security check are in arrears meaning the checks you get were for the month before like June's check is for May, etc. Which means we would have gotten one more check this month for the month of April. Well, I talked to them and they told me that since her birthday was May 1st, it really meant that her birthday was in April--and since they decided her birthday was in April, she was not eligible for that last check.

It didn't make any sense to me at all because when my son (now 26) was getting survivors benefits, his birthday really was in April but he still got the last check in May, because his birthday was so close to the end of the month. But, with my daughter, her birthday was in May, but they decided it was really April 30th, and now if you turn 18 at all in a certain month that's it! It was totally unexpected. I was going to get my daughter's birthday presents on the second and she was fine with that. I was going to get her something really nice and special and now I can't get her anything. I should have gotten her something last month.

There's no money for the bills or the mortgage or anything. My son has gotten some under the table jobs here and there, but nothing on a regular basis. He broke down crying last night. I have not heard anything back from disability, so I'm stuck. I want to get a job, but I don't know how that will work out. Especially, now that I'm in my 50's. They say there's no age discrimination, but there is. And I don't have much of a work history to speak of.