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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Warn her about the costs of pregnancy and child rearing. [/quote]
+1 Things are usually rosy and great in the beginning, but life is expensive no matter where you live.   A woman needs to be able to be financially independent. That's not to say that women shouldn't ever be sahm, but you need to have a backup plan, just in case, and that backup plan is you.

My family situation wasn't great, either, but rather than seeing a man as my plan, I got a college degree from a no name state u and busted my a$$ to become financially independent.  I have seen too many relationships where the woman was financially dependent on the man so they had to stay in the abusive relationship.  I was never going to let that happen to me.

FWIW, been married 20 years with two kids, one in college, and one DD a senior in HS.  I have drilled it into her that a man is not a plan.

What is she making on etsy?  IMO that's more like a PT job than a real job for 99% of people on Etsy.   She is dependent on her bf, and that's never a good thing.
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