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[quote=Anonymous]My husband works 80 hours a week and I say at home with our 4 children. We live paycheck to paycheck. I am, however, in school full time and our plan has always been when our youngest hits grade school that I will go back to work.

As a husband, I know that my man takes pride in providing and feels like it is his fault since we scram most months. However, I work hard at reminding him that it isn't his fault and that I appreciate how hard he works to make the ends meet. My husband works in a career that doesn't provide much salary. He will never make over $100K and even when I work, I won't make much either. However, I keep reminding him that we have all that we need and a little of what we want, which is fine.

Every now and then, we both get sick of where we are at financially. We look around and see what everyone else has, where they are vacationing, how much money they have saved, the new car they just bought and we become bitter. However, quickly we remind ourselves of how truly blessed we are. 4 healthy kids, 1 job that is incredibly stable and I am getting my education. Our current situation won't change tomorrow but this is not our forever.

Hold your head high. Support your husband for the career change that he made. For me, my husband loves what he does and I would never belittle him for the money that he isn't making. Instead, I choose to build him up for working his ass off, even if that is for pennies compared to most. Look for a job. Go back to school. Start watching children. Sell things you don't need. If you don't have enough gas to go like you did, then stay home. Cut out cable. Look at your cell phone bills and utility bills-- call them to negotiate.

You can do this. The storm will pass. Hold on to each other. Sunshine is coming...[/quote]

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