Quote From: trismacI've just joined the site too. I recently decided to stay home with my daughter who is 3 months old. I wasn't going to but but I got laid off the day after I went back to work from maternity leave. Although I was very upset at first it was a blessing in disguise. I really did not want to leave my daughter just yet.
It has been a huge financial adjustment for us to live on just one income, but so far we are making it just fine. We buy store brand foods, clip coupons and stopped eating out.
Have anyone else had to learn on one income?
I can relate to living on one income or no income in my case.
I was laid off from my job 2 months before my maternity leave. Than the company closed just after my leave was up. So I had no job to return to. Than my sons father kicked us out of the house a few months later. I was left with no choice but to apply for social assistance. Which I'll tell you , you can barely live on it. Sometimes its a choice to eat or pay bills..(I choose to eat!!)So I know all about the struggle. But like you, you find a way to manage like clipping coupon and I can remember the last time I ate out. Fortunately, my son is a very picky eater so eating out for him isn't an option. So before my son starts school I'm finishing my college education from home so I can get a good paying job when he goes to school, and create a good future for the both of us.
I guess I just want to say when the going gets tough, the tough get stronger!!!!!!(and more thirfty..HAHA)
