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Old 12-21-2020, 05:19 PM
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velma929
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When I was young, before I went to school, my mother was a SAHM and didn't work. She *had* worked though, but my Dad made enough that she didn't *have* to. Oh, and she had put herself through college, she was a teacher. So, while she wasn't working, she cleaned the house, did laundry, made three meals a day for everyone including packing a lunch for my Dad and older brother. She made a lot of my sister's and my clothes, and kept Dad's and brother's in good repair. She handled the checkbook and made sure the bills were paid. I had surgery as a four-year-old, so in addition to those things, for about six months she spent a huge part of the day swapping out activities for me (so, cleaning up play-doh and my fave, glitter paints)

Sometimes you boyfriend makes dinner? Doesn't seem like much of a contribution. He can't stop drinking when he starts, hasn't held a job in the time you've known him, hides his drinking, lies about where he is, uses fuel money to buy booze.

Exactly *what kind* of future did you see?

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