Can't afford to live apart!

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Registered: 05-17-2004
Can't afford to live apart!
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Wed, 08-23-2006 - 10:11pm

Has anyone had the problem of not being able to afford living apart? We want a divorce, but my STBX has no place to move to, and he can't afford an apartment of his own. We are living in an apartment now with our two children. We have been living like roomates for years now anyway, so we are thinking of just getting the divorce and still living together until our financial options change (that could be a year or two!)
What the heck do I do???

TIA,

Robyn

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Registered: 05-17-2004
Fri, 08-25-2006 - 10:51am

Thanks for all of your advice and kind words. I think we will just have to be friendly roomates until our sitauation financially improves and we can afford to live apart. It's really hard. I can't eat/sleep/think, etc., but I am managing for the kids' sake. They are both really young, so neither really knows what's going on.
Good luck to everyone else,

Robyn

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Registered: 07-08-2004
Sat, 08-26-2006 - 11:08am
I just wanted to say I can totally relate. I ended up staying in my marriage MUCH longer than I wanted to or should have because of finances. I was finally able to get out be the skin of my teeth because I was able to take out a 401k loan which was JUST enought to pay for my lawyer and put a deposit down on an apartment. Had it not been for that money, I would probably still be there today.


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