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[quote=Anonymous]What on earth are the earlier posts about? The OP is clearly not a stripper or teenage mom. She is just a very unlucky but not very financially independent or astute SAHM who relied on her husband for everything and now it has backfired.

She deserves sympathy and good advice. OP, plenty of women have been in your shoes but they survived and you will too. Kids are resilient and will be fine. Is early puberty going to kill your daughter? No. Then forget it and toughen up. In fact, Kim Cattrell's father left when she was a child and because of that her family were left destitute. In those days, that was your lot. They actually went hungry a lot. Women then were left to charity of neighbors. You are better off because you can work and you can earn money and have legal rights, which is really a victory for feminism.

It's tough to be poor. It's tough to fall a class level. It's tough to bulk shop and snip coupons and collect pennies in jars to redeem in those machines. It's tough to be financially insecure. But these are also vital skills. Now you have a chance to truly learn house management and economic survival skills. Think of it like a full time job.

And if you remarry, I would think twice before making yourself dependent again. Or maybe you can get your husband's gf to introduce you to some of his rich friends?

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