We live very "feast to famine" type of lives with my husband working for himself. At our lowest he went 6 months with no work, no pay, people who owed him money couldn't afford to pay him either. We used CC's to live off of, pawned every single piece of jewelry I had, anything I could find to sell, we did. I sold things to family members just saying that I didn't need it anymore because I didn't want people to know how bad it was.
On the worst days, it was me making whatever I could to feed two kids and hubby and saying that I wasn't really that hungry so they could eat. Or deciding which Christmas presents could go back the day after Christmas that the kids wouldn't notice so we could buy food.
Heck, if you can make it through the tough days you appreciate the good ones. Luckily(knock on wood) those days are gone. If your marriage can survive something like that then you'll be able to survive anything, trust me.
Yes,it truly makes you a stronger person. |