help

I don't know what this forum is and feel a bit like I'm intruding, but as you were exchanging banter on the philosophies of capitalism, my weary eyes fixed on the figure of 70k along with the word (somewhere) "teacher". I have been a teacher for 22 years, currently am going through a divorce from an abusive man who has only a fourth of the education I have but makes double what I'll ever hope to see. In addition, he is wiping me clean of the little bit I do make and every bit of retirement I've had. He's also giving me all of his debts - 30K - that were borrowed in MY name because he couldn't keep a job and we were going to lose our home. I am scared, alone, and utterly broke after giving 22 years of my life to teaching inner-city students. If you all have the time and money to chat about... well, time and money, then please help me. A co-worker in similar circumstances gave up and hanged herself last year. I have been considering the same. How can our society allow someone who has valued education and given everything to helping others live in a state of despair over where the next meal is coming from or where she is going to live? I don't qualify for Section 8 housing because I earn just a little too much, but they don't factor in even the MINIMUM payments on the 30K credit card debts that I must pay since I was foolish enough to put them in MY name to pay OUR bills during HIS unemployment. How about if you all talk about this kind of thing? I am not the only one going through something like this. I am intelligent, hard working, have 3 degrees, 2 little girls to feed, and have been completely wrecked and hung out to dry financially and live in a country with a legal system that so far has allowed it (because he can afford a better attorney). Could any of this useless chatter be applied toward helping someone like me who still has so much to offer as a middle school teacher but can't afford housing or food????? I have a huge sense of humor, but this is not a joke at all... I am desperate and don't even know any more where to turn for help. I've exhausted every resource. lllllll778899@yahoo.com