My wife's "position eleminated" today.

[Damocles]

Income does not result necessarly in richness. We spend a lot.

I can't help it if you spend foolishly. I do note that you are much better off than most.

[Jarod]

I can't help it if you spend foolishly. I do note that you are much better off than most.

I would not call it foolishly. Just saying I am not rich, depending on what you mean by rich.

We pay our nanny well, thats our biggest expense. Then we rent a home for $2000 a month, thats our second largest expense.

I pay down on student loans, but as little as possable because the interest rate is 3.75.

We have some cash saved for this exact situation, about $75,000, so we will be okay.

I drive an 8 year old car, and my wife drives an older minivan with 75,000 miles on it. We are not extravagant, I dont have a Rolex or drive a Porscha. We dont have a pool, or a country club membership.

[Jarod]

If she does not get a job in a few weeks, we will have to fire the nanny,.

[uscitizen]

If she does not get a job in a few weeks, we will have to fire the nanny,.

Yeah trickle down works very well in a recession.

[evince]

Well maybe you guys should rent a cheaper house too?

With 75,000 you can use some of that as a down on a house and buy while she stays home. I know some women hate being home but it is very rewarding to be with your own children and enjoy their youth fIrst hand for a couple of years.

[blackascoal]

Income does not result necessarly in richness. We spend a lot.

Best comment yet .. and therein lies the truth of what's before you my brother.

How much of "lot" is necessary?

Money and things do not equate to happiness, peace, or even success. Only people who've never had it believe that.

It's just a new beginning, a new chapter, and a new challenge for you and your wife .. and a test of the strength between you two.

Just a thought .. perhaps creating a business may be the answer.

[Chapdog]

Now I am the sole bread winnner... damm this is stressfull.


I hope the economie turns around soon. I am finally feeling its affects. WE are going to have to do with $100,000 less until she finds a new job.

whats the unemployment pay in your state?

[SmarterthanYou]

jarod, I could empathize with your plight, but until you walk a mile in my shoes, you just sound like a whiner to me.

[uscitizen]

jarod, I could empathize with your plight, but until you walk a mile in my shoes, you just sound like a whiner to me.

those pointy toed boots hurt my feet.

[SmarterthanYou]

those pointy toed boots hurt my feet.

was that just supposed to be humor, or were you trying to be facetious? I ask because i've noticed you have a very difficult time thinking outside the average perceptions of a moron.

[evince]

was that just supposed to be humor, or were you trying to be facetious? I ask because i've noticed you have a very difficult time thinking outside the average perceptions of a moron.

Its always hostile jackasses who think everyone should openly carry weapons.

Modern day cowboys.

There was a reason those laws changed and it involved a shit load of innocent dead people.

[SmarterthanYou]

Its always hostile jackasses who think everyone should openly carry weapons.

Modern day cowboys.

There was a reason those laws changed and it involved a shit load of innocent dead people.

hey dumbfuckwhodoesntrememberhistory, it involved a whole bunch of newly freed black people.

[uscitizen]

hey dumbfuckwhodoesntrememberhistory, it involved a whole bunch of newly freed black people.

HUH? I am not sure I understand, but this is rascist?

[SmarterthanYou]

HUH? I am not sure I understand, but this is rascist?

last comment about guns in this thread to avoid the hijack, yes, prohibiting open carry and moving to concealed weapons licenses was racist. Jim crow laws, reconstruction in the south, all that shit. look it up, it makes an interesting read.

[evince]

Sure sounds like he claiming the gun laws were created to keep blacks form having guns.