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In reply to the discussion: What can we DU now to help TTW and Yoshi ? [View all]Boudica the Lyoness
(2,899 posts)I don't think anyone here, let alone a group of us, should become legally responsible for renting an apartment for her and her big vicious dog. The house she was evicted from was seriously damaged from leaking water. We do not know the full story of what went on there or what the landlord was put through over the years.
I think maybe it's not a matter of just bouncing back. TTW seems to have a habit of being rather unpleasant (name calling at the very least) and ungrateful to people who try to help her. There was a case worker who tried to help her and then was called useless etc. Her siblings have tried to get her help. At one point one of them suggested she get in her car and keep driving south to a warmer winter climate. I think they might have been at their end of their rope when they said that.
It is not a sensible solution for anyone here to physically help. She did threaten legal action against the people who went out of their way to help her dog that she said was being abused at the Doggie Daycare - that she put him in. I'm continually puzzled by her decisions. For instance, said when she went to visit the dog at the day care she had had to shorten her visit with him because it was so hot outside and there was just cement for them to visit on. I would have gone inside with him or had him in the car and maybe drove him to a shady grassy area so he could get some exercise.
There are many things that TTW has done that have caused me to realize that she needs a special kind of help that cannot be provided for on DU. The very first thing that got my attention was that she blamed her landlord for being fired from her job - the hot water heater broke and instead of boiling a kettle of water for a wash she stopped going to work and was fired.
I think the best thing that we can do is somehow reach out to her family and maybe assist them in encouraging her to get the help she desperately needs.