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[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 16 points 11 months ago

My partner literally had to send her mother our budget and attached bank statements to illustrate how we could struggle to pay the bills even with 3 jobs between the 2 of us.

I will say she finally got it - that you can work hard and scrimp and save, and still come up short.

[-] ChewTiger@lemmy.world 8 points 11 months ago

It sucks that it took all that for her to understand, but it shows great character that she came around to understand things from your perspective.

[-] pomodoro_longbreak@sh.itjust.works 2 points 11 months ago

Thank you and well said. She's by no means a bad person. I like her a lot. it's just the last job she had was as a nurse in the 80s in London; meanwhile, her husband had the same job for 40 years, so her perspective is way out-of-date with reality.

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