my exh spent it as fast as he made it... bmws, check, fancy restaurants, check, multiple health club memberships for himself (two on each coast for cripes sake), yet b!tch3d at me about household expenses. I kept our house at the same $$ amount budget wise for over 10 years ... I was shopping in consignment stores while he was working with a personal shopper at Nordstrom's. WTAF. So much better off without that.

But, yeah, I live paycheck to paycheck. And yeah, I've had to go into savings to run two houses, but that's short term vs what will happen down the road, I hope. I don't foresee myself ever 'retiring' because I don't see myself ever just sitting around. I'm too much of an entrepreneur. I'd find something to do to keep my hand in, but I'm sure as h3ll not subsidizing another adult.

and frankly, i never ever want to be treated by anyone's 'people' the way i was treated by my outlaws --- ooops, i mean inlaws.

M 20+ T25+
S ~15.5 (BD)
BD 4/6/15
D 12/23/16

"Someone I loved once gave me
A box full of darkness.
It took me years to understand,
That this too, was a gift."
~ Mary Oliver