Yes, I know it's AIBU so I'm going to get a pounding. I've got my hard hat on.
My friend and I used to work in the same industry. Its very competitive, really hard to get in to, once you're in most people stay because new jobs are rarely advertised externally. Anyway, 4 years ago we both had babies, she took voluntary redundancy and is now a SAHM (she now has had another baby, an 11 month old).
She's not married to her children's father, and has given up any idea of returning to work. Her relationship with the children's father is quite unstable, they argue a lot and she's said lots of times that she doesn't think she loves him. They do seem like chalk and cheese to me.
Anyway, I worry about her if they do break up. I don't know what the rules are as regards to maintenance support. I know the children's father has to pay to support them, but am I right in thinking he has no responsibility to support her? So she's given up a career she won't get back in to. She won't marry her dp, and I think she's really exposed and vulnerable.
Of course I'm not going to say anything to her, not my business. But I do worry about her.
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to think my friend is being really silly giving up her career?
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headfairy · 25/07/2011 14:27
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