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Old Jan 12, 2016, 07:30 PM
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Are you on disability? Yes
Do you pay for your own food/housing?I pay for food for my family partially through food stamps and housing partially through section 8.
Have you been hospitalized? 2x
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Old Jan 12, 2016, 10:27 PM
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Are you on disability? No.

Do you pay for your own food/housing? I live with my parents... *sigh*

Do you have a job? Working on it. Hopefully soon.

Have you been hospitalized? No. Should have been once or twice, but never went.
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Old Jan 13, 2016, 10:39 AM
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pay for food/housing: yes
job: yes, even better I have a career
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Old Jan 13, 2016, 12:53 PM
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Old Jan 13, 2016, 01:18 PM
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Housing - Yes, husband
Job - No, semi-retired from 20 years in mktg (thinking of going back to school)
Hospital - Not IP Psychiatric hospital (knock on wood), ER (overnight) for alcohol poisoning and alcohol rehab inpatient with suicide watch
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Old Jan 13, 2016, 02:01 PM
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Are you on disability? Yes

Do you pay for your own food/housing? Yes

Do you have a job? No (worked for over 30 years at over about 20 jobs)

Have you been hospitalized? Yes
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Old Jan 13, 2016, 02:04 PM
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Are you on disability? No

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Do you have a job? Yes

Have you been hospitalized? No
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Old Jan 13, 2016, 06:47 PM
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[QUOTE=Imah;4871672]Are you on disability? No

Do you pay for your own food/housing? [Yes

Do you have a job? Yes

Have you been hospitalized? No
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Old Jan 13, 2016, 07:03 PM
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Do you have a job? yes

Have you been hospitalized? Yes
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Old Jan 14, 2016, 01:12 PM
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Originally Posted by RisuNeko View Post
I'm just wondering what everyone's life situations are like. If you feel comfortable, if you could answer the following questions, that would be great:

____________________________________________

Are you on disability?

Do you pay for your own food/housing?

Do you have a job?

Have you been hospitalized?

____________________________________________

If you're curious the answers for me are No, No, Yes, No.

Just a curiosity thing. No judgment here. You don't have to answer if you don't want to.
Yes, yes, no, yes.

Thanks for asking!
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