| My husband and I have been under financial stress throughout our entire relationship. I am very frugal, but he isn't. We met when I was in college. Soon, he hit financial hardship and I ended up supporting him with my scholarships and financial aid money. I still am sore about it to this day since he would not step up and make his 3 room mates pay for a single bill and used some of my money to pay for certain things for them. I can never expect the money back and have accepted that fact, but it still causes me pain that he would take out loans from financial institutions and me to pay for his lazy room mates. Flash forward to our engagement. My husband starts working at a factory while I am finishing school. He absolutely hates it. It causes him severe anxiety to go to work. Not only that, but he has terrible physical problems as a result of working there. We resolved that as soon as I graduated, we would get married and he would start school. We saved up a little bit of money for the wedding and to move into our new rental. Unfortunately, the landlords end up charging us an exorbitant amout of money for utilities, upwards of $500 /mo for electric plus propane and 'maintainance fees' because of ridiculous things like having to allegedly pay the neighbors to watch us to make sure we weren't dealing drugs and the well going out, which they did not even attempt to have fixed for 3 weeks. Absolutely ridiculous! They bled us dry, I made my husband work part-time. Thankfully, we moved about a month ago, but our landlords are still trying to collect another $1300 for 'damages' to the house. (I know what they have done has been completely illegal, but my husband would rather pay them off slowly than try to take them to court and waste time and money.) We found out that we were expecting a few months ago. Soon after I announced my pregnancy to my boss, I lost my job. Now my husband is the only one working. Both he and I understand that at this point, I will not be hired by anyone due to the pregnancy. Unfortunately, he is still only working part-time at a pizza place and the bills are coming in. I have brought up many other job opportunities, but he has yet to apply for a single one. He isn't taking any classes right now, so it isn't like he is limited to working part-time. He brought up going back to the factory, but I immediately shot him down. I have a feeling that it was just a manipulation tactic. I am at the end of my rope with him. I love him, but he isn't stepping up. Is there anything else I can do? Will I just have to give him an ultimatum? After all, this isn't just the two of us we are talking about anymore. This kind of stress isn't good for the baby. | |||
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I love my husband, but he isn't a provider
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