Im the kind of poor that doesn’t just live paycheck to paycheck, but hardly even makes it between paychecks. my partner and I only eat once a day, dont go out, cant afford anything. last year, I tried stealing pokemon cards from Walmart and immediately got caught. they thought I was a repeat offender because I often went multiple times a day. yea, I did because it was warm and I had to use the bathroom. but it was the first time id actually stolen anything. they pressed charges and trespassed me because of what they thought, and so now I have a misdemeanor because I didnt even take more than $100 in merchandise. I lost my job because I took time off when my dad was in the hospital and my grandma died. I cant even collect unemployment because they used my attendance against me and called it voluntary termination. ive been denied from 4 jobs now because of my misdemeanor. I dont know what to do or where to go and I dont have the heart to tell my fiance that I lost the job I thought I was hired into because I couldn’t pass the background check. not looking for advice, just needed to get this out.

Edit: I didnt want the stupid cards. I saw online that they sell for a lot of money and I was about to be evicted in the middle of winter in Michigan. I panicked and made a stupid decision that I greatly regret. But what does coming here to harass me over my stupid decisions do for you all? Does it make you feel better to make me feel ever more hopeless than I already am? Would it make you all happy if I just killed myself?? Would that finally make up for one stupid decision in a moment of sheer desperation? Because even that didnt help. I lost my home and ended up on the streets in the middle of winter anyway.