I spend maybe $200/mo on the girlfriend and she cleans my apartment,
clothes and dishes and cooks my food... I spend $2K/mo on the ex and
she calls to bitch me out any time I'm between jobs. So... it's not
what it probably sounds like.
> gf with no job and your bitching about money.
> sounds like a led zepplin song to me dog..
> tw
> On 3/22/06, S. Isaac Dealey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> 3 kids, 1 ex and 1 girlfriend. And okay, yes, the
>> girlfriend is my
>> bag, and I support her 'cause she hasn't really worked in
>> the 5 yrs
>> since we've been together, but I don't believe it's my
>> place to tell
>> someone to get a job (and the only thing that
>> accomplishes with my ex
>> is it makes it harder for me to talk to my kids), and she
>> helps me out
>> by letting me get more work done instead of having to do
>> laundry or
>> dishes or cook for myself. :) It's not like either of us
>> feel that's
>> "her place", it's just a convenient arrangement and she's
>> happy to
>> help me get more hours toward my own goals.
>>
>> I've not hired a lawyer in the last 5 years because
>> ::drum-roll::
>> can't afford one. How am I supposed to afford a lawyer if
>> I can't
>> hardly pay the bills I already have? Beyond that I've met
>> numerous
>> divorced fathers who've spent thousands and thousands of
>> dollars
>> basically just throwing money down the toilet trying to
>> find an
>> attorney who either can or will do anything to help them
>> with their
>> divorce problems. I'm reasonably convinced that if there
>> is such a
>> person, he's too busy to accept me as a client even if I
>> could afford
>> his exhorbitant fees ('cause he'll definately be the most
>> expensive
>> attorney on this planet).
>>
>> Got me a vassectomy right after my ex and I split up... I
>> keep it
>> under my... well, you know where I keep it. :)
>>
>> As I've said, a number of stupid decisions made when I
>> was a kid, like
>> getting married to the wrong woman and not being adamant
>> about waiting
>> a while to have kids, both of which fed into how I fouled
>> up my chance
>> to have a degree.
>>
>> > Shit man, sounds like you need a better lawyer, not a
>> > better job.
>>
>> > How many kids you got bro?
>>
>> > Maybe need to throw a vestictamy as well.
>>
>>
>> > --
>> > Tim Heald
>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > 703-300-3911
>> > -----Original Message-----
>> > From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> > Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 1:10 PM
>> > To: CF-Community
>> > Subject: RE: frustrated...
>>
>> > You can, but I can't. The difference is that I support
>> > a
>> > family of 6 with 2
>> > separate living spaces (apartments in both cases) on a
>> > single income. I
>> > would LOVE for that to be a luxury, like the Mazerati
>> > I'm
>> > not trying to get
>> > myself into, and be able to just say "you know what, we
>> > don't need 2 homes",
>> > but people and laws prevent me from making that
>> > decision.
>> > Or for that matter
>> > from even reducing the cost of the 2nd living space
>> > any.
>>
>> >> I don't have a degree, and make significantly more
>> >> than
>> >> $80K right
>> >> now.
>>
>> >> BTW I lived her eon $60K with two kids and a wife and
>> >> two
>> >> car
>> >> payments.
>> >> It's not as expensive as some people are making it out
>> >> to
>> >> be. I mean,
>> >> you live in the burbs and ride a train, it isn't that
>> >> bad. I just
>> >> went to contract on a house here for 482,600. It's in
>> >> Columbia MD, So
>> >> it'll be a commute, compared to the rental we live in
>> >> in
>> >> Alexandria.
>>
>> >> --
>> >> Tim Heald
>> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> 703-300-3911
>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: Scott Stewart [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:34 PM
>> >> To: CF-Community
>> >> Subject: RE: frustrated...
>>
>> >> Keep looking, I don't have a degree, and while I'm not
>> >> making $80k I'm
>> >> doing alright..
>>
>>
>>
>> >> Thanks
>>
>> >> Scott
>>
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>> >> -----Original Message-----
>> >> From: S. Isaac Dealey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> >> Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 12:34 PM
>> >> To: CF-Community
>> >> Subject: RE: frustrated...
>>
>> >>> I'm telling you man, you need to move to DC. The
>> >>> salaries are much
>> >>> better than that, the killer is the housing costs
>> >>> though.
>>
>> >> I'm talking to recruiters about jobs in DC.
>>
>> >> I was actually thinking about a company that I
>> >> contacted
>> >> directly because
>> >> I'm personally interested in the company (not because
>> >> I
>> >> saw them post a job
>> >> description), where the hiring manager told me not
>> >> only
>> >> that they don't hire
>> >> people without degrees (with one exception), but that
>> >> he
>> >> didn't think my
>> >> min. DC salary of $80k would be reasonable and that
>> >> he'd
>> >> be hard pressed to
>> >> get me $70k for a full-time job. I can't live on less
>> >> than
>> >> $80k in DC! I've
>> >> checked the market and done the math, and asside from
>> >> the
>> >> fact that I can't
>> >> pay bills there for any less, $80k makes me a bargain
>> >> in
>> >> that market!
>>
>> >> Admittedly, it doesn't help that I still have 2+ hrs
>> >> drive
>> >> to get there and
>> >> at the moment have no money for relocation. I didn't
>> >> have
>> >> any money for
>> >> relocation when I came to Charlottesville, I got an
>> >> advance, and then had to
>> >> take a pay cut to work here, so you can imagine how
>> >> much
>> >> I've saved up to
>> >> help me move from here to DC. But if they discount me
>> >> for
>> >> not having a
>> >> degree, their not paying relocation becomes moot.
>>
>>
>> >> s. isaac dealey 434.293.6201
>> >> new epoch : isn't it time for a change?
>>
>> >> add features without fixtures with
>> >> the onTap open source framework
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>> >> http://coldfusion.sys-con.com/author/4806Dealey.htm
>>
>>
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