The partner and I talked about this more this weekend and I have his support for leaving at the end of the week. He knows that I’ll find a way to fill the income gap this will create and that I am capable of making it work.

Yes, it’ll add some stress to an already not-so-relaxed moment, but it is probably more of an exchange one stress for another. Plus, reducing my emotional stress usually has very positive impact on our overall finances in general (thats another post in itself).

I ran the numbers — these are honest numbers, worst-worst case scenario numbers (with realistic old home repairs costs) not ideal situation ones — and know that we’ll make this work.

Thankfully, I have enough sewing customers lined up to make up for June and July and hope to supplement that income with other non-standard jobs in the meantime.

I realize my post made it seem like I was giving up work altogether, my apologies.

My wife & I did something similiar - we bought a rather pricey house, then had a kid and she won’t be going back to work for a while. I can tell you I’m not pleased about it at all, but that’s the way it goes sometimes. Our financial situation is far better than yours and it still caused us a lot of stress to only have one income when we were used to having two.

Reading your blog, its pretty clear that you and “the partner” are not on the same financial wavelength…I don’t see things getting better when the finances get worse.

If your budget is already bare bones, then you need to suck it up and keep working.

But, I’m going to make it work somehow, as soon as those papers are signed and we’ve got a house to our name. Of course, dropping a job as soon as grabbing a house doesn’t make any sense at all - but oh well, I’ll make it work somehow.