I hate being a grown up.
I never realized how hard it is to be a full-time worker, student, wife, and care-giver. Especially when life turns it's back on you and makes me the spouse that is making the income. Tom lost his job about a month ago, and yes, we got two pay checks after they let him go. But, with the holidays it was gone in a matter of days. It really shook our world a little, and mostly tested our marriage.
Money is the single most fought about thing in marriages, this held true to ours as well. We never questioned our marriage, but it definitely put a strain on it. It still is. Tom found a new job, it doesn't pay as much as we need or what he used to make, but at this point we were pretty desperate for anything.
With that said, bills piled up, fights occurred, tears were shed, reality strolled right in to my life uninvited and brought depression along. It has been an extremely hard month for us. I've been moodier than ever lately, which of course didn't help with the bickering. There has just been an enormous amount of stress on us.
So, there you have it. Being an adult totally sucks. Bills are the devil. And, even though it was a really rough time for me and Tom, both as individuals and husband and wife, I'm glad they have been with him. No matter what he's my rock, even when I feel like throwing one at him. Now, that's true love.
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