My input
So im from Albuquerque and I knew this was bound to happen at some point. I’m technically homeless right now, couch surfing. But the only reason I’m not living in my car is because my loved ones refuse to let me live on the streets of Albuquerque, This place is violent.
This couldn’t have been prevented knowing how much of a lazy and impulsive spender Tophia is. But Donald jr could be alive and Marie could be healthy and safe rn. tbh Donald Jr was the only hardworking one with a future ahead of him. He was in that situation because he was providing for his family, but he could’ve taken Marie and left tophia behind. My point is, tophia went down and took everybody with her. She refused to get a job and spent all the money she begged for on stupid bullshit. And tbh, she could’ve made something out of her “influencer” gig. She loves to say being an influencer is her job but she never made an effort. She only posted stupid filters, ai content, and straight up didn’t make entertaining videos. LOLCOWS can be successful if they try, look at Ash Trevino.
My main point of this post is that for me, this really hit close to home. The place Im currently staying at is a mile away from Montgomery park. I was literally omw to work that morning and Montgomery was shut down, I later found out why. It irked me because if it weren’t from the support from my loved ones, I could’ve been out on the streets living in my car, and could’ve been the victim of a violent crime like them. And I will admit, for a very long time I was like tophia in a way. Refused to get a job, got kicked out, lazy, etc. but being kicked out and not being able to call a place home does something to you. It just baffles me how tophia refused to do absolutely nothing about it. How can you live like that, like they could absolutely be in atleast a motel right now .. My wake up call was seeing Tophia’s life and it clicked in my head I need to do something with my life or I could end up like her and her family. So I got my shit together. I got a 9-5 and I move into my very first apartment tomorrow at 19.
Seeing the new that’s morning, her story, everything. It hit hard. I’ve been following this family’s journey for years. I know every single thing about them, yet I don’t know them. For once I felt bad for Tophia. But after seeing that she hasn’t changed, she’s still a money hungry POS that she usually is, back to her begging, and even blaming us and saying if we didn’t help her sooner Donald could be alive. It disgusts me, I feel ashamed for giving her my sympathy and prayers. I almost even reached out to her and was gonna help her. I know she’s gonna milk this shit til the day she finally leaves the internet.
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I'm proud of you stranger. You saw your biggest obstacle was yourself and made a change. That's a rare thing. Congratulations on both keeping employment and getting your first apartment. You should be proud of yourself for making changes. Keep going.
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I’m not from ABQ but my husband is and we spend about half our time there. I talked about this with him and while ABQ is not safe, the specific area the family car was in was really really unsafe. So my question is, why did they pick there to stay? I thought the Honda didn’t run but I see now that it did so why would they pick there to stay at overnight? Surely there must’ve been another 24 hr place they could use the restroom. Even just a few blocks up would’ve been better. Also, did they have the windows all the way down and the doors unlocked?
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My best guess her brother didn’t wanna leave his friends behind
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Congratulations to moving into your new apartment :) and moving forward in your life🩷.
But I do agree Donald jr could have moved and gotten a place and left tophia behind. The issue was there weird family dependency on eachother. If brotherchu just took Marie wouldn’t have left because she wouldn’t want to leave tophia behind. Donald Jr. was the only who cared for his parents really he would visit Donald Sr. In jail and talk to him. But you are right tophia did drag them down with her, because on live she said herself “her and her brother agreed not to rent anymore and instead save for a place of there own”. Which in reality was a stretch already they were much better off in motel rooms or getting an apartment. Tbf I believe they made that decision so they can stop “wasting” their money on these rooms and satisfy their “hobbies”. In reality all the slydells are really bad with money which is why it’s even harder for them to even begin to move forward.
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It’s a cultural thing. Hispanic and black (Tophia is both apparently). Not all of course. But speaking from a Latino point of view, there is always this co dependency thing which I assume is what the Slydells have. Especially in their case being homeless, they only had eachother. Donald JR wasn’t completely heartless to just up and leave, despite Tophia dragging them down. This is complete just me assuming lol
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Right and she expect to buy a 4 bedroom house right away after everyone TOLD her to get an apartment but she keep insisting that she doesn’t want to rent to get kick out???? Maybe you wouldn’t get kicked out if you actually put in the effort to work and pay rent.
just want to say congratulations on moving into your first place by yourself tomorrow, and for turning your situation around. that shows so much strength and perseverance in your character, and locking the door behind you in your OWN space is gonna be the best feeling in the whole world.