I have heard goats are good for keeping the grass under control. do you milk the goats?

Apparently Polaritybear and I are married. And we have a son named Caligula.

I can't afford to retire. I am a single mom. My daughter isn't even out of high school yet. Retirement would kill me in the sense that we would no longer be able to live in a house, or eat food, etc. I have to get this child through college before I can even start to think about myself.

whats wrong with doing it the old fashion way working yourself through college. with my own personal experince people value things better if they pay for themselfs. heres the answer to your problems find a rich man and marry him then you can have more time for ing the things you like.Are there any rich men on here?My xwife is worried about working so you know where my money is going.lol

she is already working two jobs. All I am providing is a place to live. I am not paying for her school because I can't. She is going to have student loans to pay back when she gets out. Should I throw her on the street so that I don't have to work?

no dont do that... your a good mom and deserve some praise which Im sure your daughter will repay you with someday. My daughters had no interest in college but they all turned out to be good mothers.

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and moman - I have no desire to marry a rich man. Nothing in this world is free, for one thing; and for another, I have no desire to take something away from someone who worked for it when I didn't contribute. It's not my style.

I told my daughters its just as easy to marry a rich man as a poor one. they keep marrying poor men and wonder why they are still working. it wont be free you will be earning it they call it a stay home mom.

and who said I had problems, anyway? I just said I couldn't afford to retire. I don't consider that a problem at 50.

you didnt say you had a problem it was me thinking life would be better if you didnt have to work all the time. now if you like working then its not a problem but for me it sure would be. One mans problem isnt another womans problem. hey Im on your side here dont take everything I say as a attack. I retired at 43 thats what lead to divorce try living 24/7 with your mate.

Maybe if my husband could have earned enough for me to stay at home with my daughter it would have been different. But now,there is no issue of raising a family together now. So why should some guy pay for me to sit at home? I have an interesting career. Why would I give that up to do laundry and dust?

mine does not want to marry - or have kids. She doesn't even seem interested in dating. She has a lot of friends - she is popular but she says most boys piss her off. Wonder where she got that from???

anyway she says she will take care of me like I have taken care of her. She knows I sacrificed everything to give her a good life and she appreciates it.

you are probably right about that. Why did you retire so young? I didn't even graduate from college until I was 40. So I am still building my career.

Life would be better if I didn't have to work all the time, though. Because the company I worked for was acquired in 2005, I worked for over 2 years at a much reduced salary. I am a single mom; my daughter needed things; had medical problems, surgery; a hospital stay; all kinds of stuff happened. I finally have a job that pays what I need but I also have more debt than I would like because of those two bad years. So I work the second job to try to pay it down. And graduate school - well, I got a job with a company that will pay for it, so it is stupid not to take advantage of it. The classes are $2,300 each, and I need 10. So that is why I am in school.

I have a very good idea where she got that from as we both know. doesnt it bother you she doesnt want to have kids ar get married. that would crush me.I want my kids to experince what I had to go though its called payback for making all my hair go gray.

stay at home moms do more than laundry and dust. becareful you might hurt their feeling if they read this.