We have a 3 year old and a 5 month old. I could only afford to take a very short maternity leave this time and was back to work within a few months just to try and pay the bills. I’m obviously not able to work as much as I used to due to childcare so I’m working nights/weekends/hours around when I have childcare. I’m having 4 hours sleep some nights just trying to keep everything afloat. I’m permanently exhausted and running myself into the ground trying to do everything (as well as most of the household jobs).
My husband has his own business with his business partner. They have been working together for quite a few years now and are making a good amount of money. However they agreed at the start not to take ‘too much’ until they’d built the business up (which they now have) so they take just under £1800 per month. This would be fine if we were able to cover our costs with this. I have a pot of money that I use to pay my tax bills and have had to just about drain it in the last few months just to stay afloat. I repeatedly ask my husband if he can please take more as I’m majorly making up the shortfall every month but instead of doing it he goes off on a rant about how we live outwith our means and shouldn’t have moved house 3 years ago 🤔 He says £1800 is a decent wage and how much do I want him to be making? as if that’s loads.
Is it just me or is £1800 below the kind of average salary for a main earner mid-30s? I don’t think I’m being unreasonable to expect him to take £2000 or £2200. We literally can’t afford to put the heating on half the time 🤦🏻♀️