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And you could make way more than $28/hour, especially as an RN. Have you considered going back to school for your NP? I know NPs corner the market in Colorado.
I would love too!
I've noticed the NP trend here also; since around 2006-2007 maybe.
I'm scared but I'm not ready to stop hoping. Things change & I'm "only" 48. Just last year my son finally was approved for some services he had been on a waiting list for (maybe 2+ YEARS).
These included some limited funds for respite services & therapy. He's a great kid; I'm 100% sure that I've done the right thing by him.
It's just scary to read the experiences of other caregivers who also "did the right thing" & are now headed for poverty.
I've noticed the NP trend here also; since around 2006-2007 maybe.
I'm scared but I'm not ready to stop hoping. Things change & I'm "only" 48. Just last year my son finally was approved for some services he had been on a waiting list for (maybe 2+ YEARS).
These included some limited funds for respite services & therapy. He's a great kid; I'm 100% sure that I've done the right thing by him.
It's just scary to read the experiences of other caregivers who also "did the right thing" & are now headed for poverty.
Don't respect people that choose divorce over commitment? Really? A bit self righteous there aren't we? Let's see...miserable, married, and possibly financially secure or happy, single, and maybe a greater chance of not being financially secure....hmmm...what does respect for that decision correspond to? There are gold diggers of both sexes, and naïve pushovers of both sexes. There is no perfect formula or guaranteed path to security and happiness, and certainly being married doesn't guarantee it! . There are consequences to having and not having children and they can't be predicted. Either one can easily be the better decision. If you are going to die last and alone, it's best to have a nice high guaranteed income. That's about the best plan I can think of. Or make a LOT of younger friends and write them in your will if they take care of you, maybe.
Can't say I have much sympathy for those that choose divorce over honoring a commitment.
My mother did honor her commitment and, therefore, will have a comfortable retirement. Both of my parents will. And they had children, one of whom will fight for them and knows the health care system well.
Wow, what a person you are!! The compassion!! I think I can smell it.... oh wait.... it's something else.
My mother and father stayed together for 38 years (let's hear it.... hooray.....something you would say, right??).
OK, during those years, when my father got into the booze, he came home hell bent to murder her. And us kids had to pull him off her, call the cops, run out of the house to get away from him. The day my daughter was born, he went after her for the last time. My sister with cerebral palsy hit him in the head with a cast iron fry pan. He had to go to hospital for stitches, then to jail. Then he was given an option..... prison for the insane or move out of town. His family came and got him. After a year they sent him across the country to live (by himself) where he was hit by a drunk driver and killed.
Know what kind of money my mother got????? $000000000000000000000000000000
Yeah!!!! That is so much better than getting a divorce.
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Wow, what a person you are!! The compassion!! I think I can smell it.... oh wait.... it's something else.
My mother and father stayed together for 38 years (let's hear it.... hooray.....something you would say, right??).
OK, during those years, when my father got into the booze, he came home hell bent to murder her. And us kids had to pull him off her, call the cops, run out of the house to get away from him. The day my daughter was born, he went after her for the last time. My sister with cerebral palsy hit him in the head with a cast iron fry pan. He had to go to hospital for stitches, then to jail. Then he was given an option..... prison for the insane or move out of town. His family came and got him. After a year they sent him across the country to live (by himself) where he was hit by a drunk driver and killed.
Know what kind of money my mother got????? $000000000000000000000000000000
Yeah!!!! That is so much better than getting a divorce.
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Sorry you had to grow up with that situation, but kudos to you for answering Indianapolis Jones.
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"Can't say I have much sympathy for those that choose divorce over honoring a commitment."
I agree with the posters here about how wrong that sentiment can be. I am on my second marriage, wife is too. Early marriages didn't work out for either of us for reasons that are too numerous to mention, but it was never due to cheating, booze, drugs. My ex was fresh out of college, and miserable with my schedule working my way through college (I just started), so I cut her free to enjoy her life, hopefully with someone that had already paid his dues. I am actually friends with wife's ex, and things worked out for him too. Lessons were more about learning about how life works, and as far as I know, we are all better for the changes. Fast forward to a happy 32-year marriage, and still looking forward to the road ahead with a partner that knows how to share joy. I really wish we could all be so lucky.
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Maybe it's an Appalachian thing, but I find a majority of the people on the street to be complete idiots. I'd say probably around 20% of the population here are drug addled or just too stupid to make more than the most basic decisions. Even among the college educated, a low percentage of the overall population, many are not that curious or think about deeper things.
Yes, this board likely skews more affluent and far more intelligent than the common people on the street.
Maybe it's an Appalachian thing, but I find a majority of the people on the street to be complete idiots. I'd say probably around 20% of the population here are drug addled or just too stupid to make more than the most basic decisions. Even among the college educated, a low percentage of the overall population, many are not that curious or think about deeper things.
Yes, this board likely skews more affluent and far more intelligent than the common people on the street.
In my Mom's case? Willful negligence. Over the decades I talked to her about money, and saving. She told me off and said she will not be a corporate slave and work as hard as me. Her quality of life was too important. BTW, she lived in my cottage paying 30% going rate for rent the whole time
Now she lives on small social security check and rents a room. She does driver Uber for more money (my idea).
She loved to spend, and she did. She hated to work, so did the bare minimum.
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Maybe it's an Appalachian thing, but I find a majority of the people on the street to be complete idiots. I'd say probably around 20% of the population here are drug addled or just too stupid to make more than the most basic decisions. Even among the college educated, a low percentage of the overall population, many are not that curious or think about deeper things.
Yes, this board likely skews more affluent and far more intelligent than the common people on the street.
Very unkind
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