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The magical thinking that life will be better after the recession. She has a job, I don’t know how the recession ending will help her out.
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Don’t you see her getting remarried and falling back into the cushy double income lifestyle again? And I bet this time she goes for someone with more money. This lady is never going to do the right thing for herself and her kids. I think it’s sick that she would risk everything for this facade. The problem is that she has raised her kids to be materialistic junkies and is afraid to disappoint them (but mostly herself) by selling the house and adjusting their lifestyle to fit her current income. Seriously, cry me a river about how you are just hanging on yet you just have to buy new clothes for your party in the Hamptons and just have to buy those earrings. Why not assign the kids chores like cleaning the pool, shoveling snow, mowing the lawn, etc. which is all outsourced? Oh that’s right, they are overscheduled with activities that you won’t compromise. How about rent out a room or two in the house you won’t sell? Oops, forgot, it’s busy being repainted. How about selling one of the cars? No, you need one SUV for shuffling the kids around and the convertible the drive to parties to meet your next paycheck…I mean husband.
