You have a HEFTY private income or can work from home.
I gave up work, usual reasons, wages would barely cover childcare, WE wanted kids to be at home with a parent.
Fast forward. I now have two dc, the father of my dc cheated on me, physically, emotionally and financially abused me.
One of my dc has SN and cannot attend school for the moment.
I've been out of work for 10 years now, I have no profession. In 6 years time our child support will stop as will most of our benefits. I will near fifty having not worked at all for 18 years.
My future is shit. Utterly grey and bleak. All I have to look forward to is a state pension. While my ex earns a fortune, travels the world and has new relationships.
This is reality for me. So think long and hard about giving up work to stay at home because no matter how shit your job is it's preferable to my future don't you think?
And it was all decided for me by a man who decided he hated me and didn't want to be married anymore and a child being diagnosed with significant SN.
It's that simple.
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Don't give up work to be a SAHM unless
akaemmafrost · 27/11/2012 20:18
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