Reply to Advice for a FTM who is the main breadwinner

Forum Index » Infants, Toddlers, & Preschoolers

Reply to "Advice for a FTM who is the main breadwinner"

Subject:

Emoticons





More smilies

Text Color: Font: Close Marks

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I am a breadwinner making 100Kish in this area, what makes it possible is my DH SAH so there are no childcare expenses. He hasn't made great financial decisions either, but the decision to raise his kid for the benefit of the family was not a hard one. Your husband sounds very oddly rigid and insecure and I don't envy you the spot you're in with him. I like the idea of a 6 month ultimatum. He has a kid now and has to change something. His earning potential, his attutide towards work...[/quote]

The childcare expense is a big factor why I am second guessing my lean to stay in the area. It really is expensive. I knew this before I was pregnant, but it is just so much more real now that I write that check every week. If I take the job here, I computed that after the big expenses, I'd have about 700 usd a month to use for savings/emergency/clothing/vacation/leisure, etc. And this is with us RENTING. Say nothing of not being able to start a college savings plan. And if anybody is curious, we already have no cable, we have a very modest lifestyle, use the public library, etc.[/quote]

i dont disagree regarding how expensive childcare is but i also don't think sacrificing cable and using the public library saves you much. depends on your definition of a 'very modest lifestyle' but there must be other things you could do so that you could have more $$ leftover each month.[/quote]

Options

	Disable HTML in this message
	Disable BB Code in this message
	Disable smilies in this message

Review message

Search Recent Topics Hottest Topics