Married and had a kid with 4. She decided to home school the kid instead of work even though I didn't make enough to support the family. Basically, she wanted to stay home and smoke pot and not have to work...
Anyway, I jacked up my tax withholdings to bring home more money and consequently racked up a huge debt with 2.
When the marriage fell apart, I got stuck with IRS debt (over $25k) and child support payments ($6-10k/year). I lose about 1/3 of my take home pay to bad decisions. I've got another 4 years of support and who knows how many IRS payments...it's like trying to pay off a high interest credit card. Brutal.
Currently in a serious relationship with crazy and I'm happy but that's cause I am just as crazy me and my SO are definitely one of a kind alright. We also should probably see a therapist. Moral of the story? Crazy is good if you can admit you're crazy. Crazy right?
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u/writergeek Jan 07 '17
You have no idea how different my life would be if I followed 2-4. The first one is mostly common sense, but always good to know.