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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]This has been covered before.  Some folks have to work full time and [b]don't really have a choice[/b]. .[/quote]

Sure they do. Downsize, downsize, downsize. You don't need to live in a 3,000 sq ft place, hire help for cleaning and yardwork, wear the best clothes, have an iPhone5, drive an SUV with only one or two kids, use coupons and shop the specials. Cook more, go out to eat once a month or less.

It can easily be done, even in this area. But people here are too set on keeping up their extravagant lifestyles.

Priorities.[/quote]

Okay, troll. Fine.

My apartment is about 750 square feet. It has one bedroom and a tiny den that is my 4yo DD's bedroom. Her room doesn't have any windows and isn't big enough for a fullsized bed, so she'll be in a toddler sized bed until I can afford to move. I do my own cleaning and don't have a yard. The last time I went shopping was about 2 years ago, when I finally lost the last of the baby weight - that shopping trip happened at Target. I don't have an iPhone at all, much less the latest version, and I don't have a car. We go out to eat once a week, but there are only two of us, so the bill is never more than about $30. I cook everything else at home, including lunch for myself and DD.

But the thing is, I'm a single parent with little support from my daughter's dad. If I only work from 8am until 3pm, given that I'm an hourly employee, I will only bring home 80% of my full time salary, which won't be enough to cover our living expenses, even if you eliminate those extravagant $30 dinners on Friday nights. I suppose I could move further out of the city, but given that my job is downtown, any increase in commute will increase the amount of time my DD spends in aftercare.

I'm really curious as to what you'd expect someone like me to to do to avoid the aftercare programs you think are so "cruel". I'm already doing everything I can.[/quote]

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