I'm living on unemployment benefits.

[BlinkChic182MN]

my bf has been laid off for 3 monthes, and he gets $220 a month after child support comes out. I was freaking out thinking we wouldnt be able to live on my income and that, but its working out great for him. Unfortunatly, this limits his motivation to find a job since he plays World of Warcraft all day and drinks beer but what can i do, he has worked all his life i suppose everyone needs a break once in a while. Would be nice if dinner was ready or the apartment was clean when i get home, but no ones perfect i suppose.

[skizzbot]

Originally Posted by BlinkChic182MN

my bf has been laid off for 3 monthes, and he gets $220 a month after child support comes out. I was freaking out thinking we wouldnt be able to live on my income and that, but its working out great for him. Unfortunatly, this limits his motivation to find a job since he plays World of Warcraft all day and drinks beer but what can i do, he has worked all his life i suppose everyone needs a break once in a while. Would be nice if dinner was ready or the apartment was clean when i get home, but no ones perfect i suppose.

Sounds like he needs a kick in the balls to get some motivation around the house! Stop at the nearest Carhartt retailer on your way home... I hear they have some nice steel toe boots in stock.

[BlinkChic182MN]

Originally Posted by skizzbot

Sounds like he needs a kick in the balls to get some motivation around the house! Stop at the nearest Carhartt retailer on your way home... I hear they have some nice steel toe boots in stock.

LMAO hillarious, he has some from his last job (machinist) you must be psychic

[Lanfear]

Originally Posted by BlinkChic182MN

my bf has been laid off for 3 monthes, and he gets $220 a month after child support comes out. I was freaking out thinking we wouldnt be able to live on my income and that, but its working out great for him. Unfortunatly, this limits his motivation to find a job since he plays World of Warcraft all day and drinks beer but what can i do, he has worked all his life i suppose everyone needs a break once in a while. Would be nice if dinner was ready or the apartment was clean when i get home, but no ones perfect i suppose.

Sorry but you sound like a beaten housewife and honestly how do you survive on 220 EUR a month? By you paying all the bills?
Plus just doing nothing is not gonna look good on his CV so the longer it goes on the worse his chances of a good job might be.

[Grapist]

Originally Posted by BlinkChic182MN

my bf has been laid off for 3 monthes, and he gets $220 a month after child support comes out. I was freaking out thinking we wouldnt be able to live on my income and that, but its working out great for him. Unfortunatly, this limits his motivation to find a job since he plays World of Warcraft all day and drinks beer but what can i do, he has worked all his life i suppose everyone needs a break once in a while. Would be nice if dinner was ready or the apartment was clean when i get home, but no ones perfect i suppose.

The lack of self respect portrayed in this post makes me believe you are a server. Am I right??? LOL

[BlinkChic182MN]

oh i didnt think it would come across like that, but if thats how you see it so be it. And i do pretty well for myself luckily which means i get to be incharge of the finances... doesnt sound like a beaten housewife to me. Just wanted to get some things off my chest, my life aint dat bad.

[skizzbot]

Originally Posted by BlinkChic182MN

LMAO hillarious, he has some from his last job (machinist) you must be psychic

I KNOW ALL!

[BlinkChic182MN]

Originally Posted by Grapist

The lack of self respect portrayed in this post makes me believe you are a server. Am I right??? LOL

who hasent been a waitress in their life? but i got out

[firefighter_chick]

our company is doing an awesome program for the next 6 months.
They are taking away half of our shifts, but the government is paying us unemployment for those shifts (55%)
so we only have to work a couple days a week, and only losing a small chunk of money! this summer is gonna rock

[marina]

Originally Posted by BlinkChic182MN

my bf has been laid off for 3 monthes, and he gets $220 a month after child support comes out. I was freaking out thinking we wouldnt be able to live on my income and that, but its working out great for him. Unfortunatly, this limits his motivation to find a job since he plays World of Warcraft all day and drinks beer but what can i do, he has worked all his life i suppose everyone needs a break once in a while. Would be nice if dinner was ready or the apartment was clean when i get home, but no ones perfect i suppose.

Dr. BF was unemployed for a few months right after we graduated from college. He didn't get unemployment because he was an independent contractor. I couldn't have afforded to take over his share if I wanted to, but I was planning on leaving him as soon as he couldn't cover his portion if he still didn't have a job. Fortunately, I never had to go through with it. He paid his half out of savings and then he found a better job.

I think that there's a difference for me between someone who is contributing what they are able to contribute to the household and someone who is not doing anything. Housework is a valuable service, I think that if I was covering 100% of the household costs, I would want my partner to at least return the favor by cleaning or cooking or something.

IMHO, if I want to pay for someone to sit around and play video games, I'll adopt a teenage boy, but a full grown person who is incapable of supporting or caring for themselves has no business in my bed.