Thanks -- now I get it. I'm a little slow this morning.
So he's basically saying "you can either pay the mortgage and provide our children with shelter, or you can buy groceries, haircuts, medicine, gas to cart our kids around, etc. . . . but you can't pay both."
Because $1,920/month doesn't even cover the mortgage payment!!!
It will cover the mortgage and leave me with less than $800 for groceries, utilities, etc. I'll need to get a job, obviously. But a job for me would cover only daycare for D2 with some change left over. THAT'S my struggle.
M: 40 H: 44 Married 14 years S11 & D6; D20 & D19 from previous M 2BDs/PAs, 8 years apart Piecing: April 2014
