Money Changes Everything

Ok, correct me if I’m wrong, but I truly believed that once you got divorced, the arguing ceased forever. With the ties severed, you’re no longer a slave to the endless arguments over money, chores, sex and everything else that goes along with the “blessed” union. Apparently, that’s not the case.

Since J-Fed and I have gone our separate ways, we no longer have the quality of life we’d been accustomed to for years. Obviously, two incomes are WAY better than one. While I make a comfortable living, caring for two kids and two dogs (one undergoing chemo for cancer) is expensive.

Needless to say, I feel I’m constantly coming up short these days. According to J-Fed, it’s because the children and I live beyond our means.

By living beyond our means, he has problems accepting four major expenses. In this Kiki exclusive, I’ll break it down for everybody.

Problem #1 – The live-in nanny. J-Fed loves Mary Poppins. However, he feels like I’m a spoiled brat because I have a nanny. I work from home and I work long hours. There’s no other way around it. My job pays the bills. Having her here takes a huge weight off my shoulders. I feel blessed. Yet he’s constantly throwing up the fact that no other single mother has the luxury of a live-in nanny.

The irony is that the live-in nanny costs $20 more a month than what we would pay in daycare – nothing more, nothing less. He will soon have to accept this truth when her time is up and yet the costs still remain the same. Buddy, you can’t argue with the numbers. Forget about the fact that they’ll be stuck in daycare and aftercare instead of receiving one-on-one attention from a person who is every bit as good with the children as I am.