When You Have To Pay For Help Because You Have No Friends

Or just a teeny, tiny support system in real life.

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Back in 2013 when I found out that I was unexpectedly pregnant, I quickly understood that I was facing single motherhood at a time in my life when I had virtually no friends and even less family. You see, I came from an extremely dysfunctional home. My father and I were estranged…