the financially dependent spouse in MLC

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My H hasn't been bad with finances when he lived here (never spent like Tipper's H). I just felt irked because he took my earnings for granted while refusing to do things like learn new skills that would get him the next job that would help him pay for what he wanted. His take seemed to be that I should be responsible so he didn't have to be.

Now he can't live the same way with the OW and he doesn't like it. Running up debts but refusing to cut spending. His contract will end in a few months and he is likely to spend the summer without earnings, unless he gets a summer job (which he will do at last resort, and which would likely eat into the precious time that he so values).