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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I understand where OP is coming from.

We are a family of 4 on 75K.  I guess my life has had some financial ups and downs - was lower working class growing up, made it through college, have been OK ever since, while working and am now SAHM.

While I was in college, my dad's small business took off when he got some pretty big contracts - for a few years he was making 300-400k.  Of course the first thing my mom wanted to to was spend it - vacations, upgrade the house, plastic surgery, making sure my youngest sister had all the latest stuff, going to salons, eating out almost every d*** day.  Needless to say, this money did them no good once the contracts were finished.  When my mom found out that the contracts would not be renewed, she pretty much freaked out.  She makes about 40k. (she is an RN, could be making more but chose a less lucrative School Nurse path so she could have easier hours) Anyway, as soon as it became clear that the big money was over, my mom pretty much made it clear that there was NO WAY she was going to stick around and support her loser husband.  The divorce happened pretty quickly after the contracts were done.  They sold the house but didn't take away that much because they'd actually taken out HELOCS to pay for improvements(!) She has def. had a tough time downsizing and is now dating a sketchy rich guy who takes her out to dinner several times a week. (She's still in the red every month.)

The takeaway: [b]For richer or for poorer, right?  If you want it, go and get it yourself.

[/b]For my family, we are doing OK on 75k and have a lot to be happy about, we also know that DH is really just starting out in his career, and if we are able to live well on 75k, then anything extra is a bonus that should be carefully managed. I hope I am able to keep this discipline up once I return to work.

OP I hope you are able to push through this and still love your husband.

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