Comments on: Can we be a single-income household?

By: Shaun Rosenberg

Shaun Rosenberg — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 18:13:24 +0000

You said something about her starting a bussiness. That would be good. That way you can still have income from the bussiness. I never actually believed one needs to get a job for an income.

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 09:03:26 +0000

Maybe a search for a new job is in order? A friend of mine is a dietician as well and she recently moved from a care center with too much politics as well. Since she doesn’t “have” to work, she should be picky and look for a job closer to home as well. Good luck!

By: Mrs. Micah

Mrs. Micah — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 01:53:37 +0000

I’ll keep her in my prayers indeed. I hope she can find a good place where she can put her skills to work and be happy and feel like she’s doing good at the same time.

By: Four Pillars

Four Pillars — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 00:55:32 +0000

My wife quit her job a couple of years ago to stay home. All I can say is to take your time with the decision and make sure your finances are going to be ok.

Mike

By: Crispy

Crispy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 15:28:09 +0000

My wife and I are also faced with the “single-income” challenge – she is working on a one year contract which will not be renewed come this August. She really detests her current position and wants to stay home with our young son before he goes off to school in a few years.

Our big goal this year is to buy a new house. If she stayed on in the same kind of work, we could likely afford our McMansion dream house.

However, we have scaled back our dreams, and consequently can still afford a new house, and she will be able to stay home come this fall. Luckily, there is the option of picking up casual work when and where she wants, so if we want something extra, she will have the option of working a few days here and there. Much less stress = much happier family = not being driven by the almighty dollar.

By: Stacie

Stacie — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:27:25 +0000

Thanks for all of the support!! The politics at my job aren’t as bad as CD makes it out to be (management isn’t THAT bad, and I have made some awesome friends at the workplace!!). I DO think that I provide quality patient care because I would rather put in the extra hours to take care of my patients than just leave on time and let my patients go (so don’t think that I wouldn’t take care of you/your child if admitted to the hospital!). My patients are like my extended family, and you know how you can’t just forget about them when you’re not nearby….

But with that said, yes, I do need to take some time off! However, being a chronic workaholic, I think I’d have a hard time relaxing on the home front and doing something fun without feeling guilty of the other stuff I have to do! So much to do, so little time! Help!!

By: The Dividend Guy

The Dividend Guy — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:10:21 +0000

The best decision my wife and I ever made was to have her stay home to look after the kids. Sure it takes some sacrifices but if you put your mind do it and do some planning it is more than possible.

By: Looby

Looby — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 00:57:28 +0000

I’m with Plonkee, holidays are there to be taken, send her to a spa retreat for a few days. Seriously though, I will be thinking of her, my mum is going through a very similar thing, to the point where she has spoken to nursing union reps about her job. My dad and I are urging her to quit but like Stacie she has a strong sense of duty to her patients. Good luck!

By: Clever Dude

Clever Dude — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:38:51 +0000

Fathersez, I actually had to strongly urge her to take her last day off, which occurred about 2 weeks ago. It’s not me holding her back…it’s her. She has a sense of duty to her patients, employer and coworkers that goes above and beyond her job description. But it’s one of those “it’ll only pile up if I’m not there” attitudes.

By: fathersez

fathersez — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:31:34 +0000

I agree with Plonkee. Let your wife take a good break, rest and review her options.

You have already agreed to be the safety net. This should allow her to be open and even consider working from home as an experiment to see how it goes.

(And being drained mentally and being miserable at work daily will have a huge toll on her health. The sooner you both act would seem to be the better.)