I have been having big financial disagreements with my husband.
My husband has been working on various business ideas for over 2 years now and hasn't made any income during that time. We have been living off of our savings and we are almost out of money.
My husband has been fired from his last several jobs and has not been able to get another job because he is hard to get along with. So, asking him to get a job isn't really an option.
I was a stay at home mom of our 2 small children, but I went back to work several months ago against my husband's wishes because I was worried about our financial state. I am making enough money to cover our living expenses, but it has been really hard on me and the kids because my husband is so busy with his startup that I am basically like a single mom. I want to stop working but I am anxious about running out of money. My husband also wants me to stop working because he says I am not doing a good job taking care of the house and kids while I am working, and also I am not trusting him to take care of us. My company recently offered me a raise and promotion and I am not sure if I should take it or quit.
I recently inherited a large sum of money and I really want to either not touch it at all for the time being or spend most of it on a forever house for our family. My husband wants to spend no more than 65% of it on a "bare minimum" house and use the rest of it to cover our living expenses while he continues to work on his startup. Before we knew about the inheritance, he was planning on taking out a business loan.
I want his startup to succeed because if it doesn't I don't know how he can contribute to supporting our family, but at the same time, I don't really want to invest another big chunk of money into it. I am also nervous that if we buy a "bare minimum" house now or don't buy a house at all and instead spend all the money on our living expenses, we will be stuck in a subpar living situation forever due to my husband's lack of job prospects.
Any advice would be much appreciated.
Submitted September 08, 2019 at 10:07PM by anon_639646883 https://ift.tt/2UFw9yI
