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[quote=Anonymous]I’m a single mom as well. There are some things you have to get over, and some realities you have to face. You need to get over what the other kids have. No matter how much you make, there’s always going to be some other family that has more/better/nicer. You need to deal with the fact that $75k in DC is not great money. Your child is going to need a bedroom. When you are a single parent responsible for a child, you don’t get to follow your bliss and work for a non-profit because of its mission. You need to do with a checkbook that which other families do with a partner. So you need a plan for financial security where everything is not hanging on a thread or one bad break sends you in a tailspin. Whether that’s get a better job, move to a lower COL area, or some other option is up to you.[/quote]
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