Thursday, October 14, 2010

I Told Him...

...I would never buy a single pair of shoes again.
...I would get better at clipping coupons.
...I would give up Caribou Coffee.
...I would be content with my wardrobe.
...I would give up cable, internet and my cell phone.
...I would only go to Target once a week.
...I would buy from second-hand stores.
...I would grocery shop at Aldi.
...I would do a better job of turning off lights.
...I would never need a gift for any occasion again.
I told him that I would even get a part-time job and work nights.
And I meant every single plea.
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I do not want to leave Hannah for over 40 hours a week. We got a nice thing going on here.
I did the math.
Monday through Friday here are the stats:
Work= 50+ hours
Hannah- 15 hours
How does that make any sense?
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I told him that I want to be a stay-at-home-mom.
He told me to start planting money trees.
I did not laugh.

3 comments:

Pugh said...

oh Nic... I loved and hated reading this! I'm sure its so tough and I'm not looking forward to being in that position!

AJB said...

I totally get it. I will be gone for 13.5 hours a day!!! ugh maybe we can find a GREAT side job.......

Anne said...

been there. still there. wish I had advice. but don't.