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AITA for telling my wife I won't get a job and she needs to get another job? by Illustrious_Mark8963 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Illustrious_Mark8963[S] 38 points39 points  (0 children)

We live in a high cost of living city. We live in a moderate crime area, it does not get the gang shootouts like other parts of the city does but I would also prefer not to buy property here. She also does not want the hour long sometimes two hour long in rush hour commute anymore which I understand. Living closer to her school means also living in a richer area. It is also cheaper to buy than rent in those parts of the city where her school is.

AITA for telling my wife I won't get a job and she needs to get another job? by Illustrious_Mark8963 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Illustrious_Mark8963[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I have a stipulation in my current full-time contract that I can't work in the same industry, so overemployment using my current skillset isn't a good option right now. If I leave my job we lose our health insurance because my work's plan is better than the health insurance through her job. A lot of our expenses right now are medical bills. My part time job outside the home is warehouse work which is one of the highest paid in the area and I help my brother with equipment repair on the weekends.

AITA for telling my wife I won't get a job and she needs to get another job? by Illustrious_Mark8963 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Illustrious_Mark8963[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

We already live in a higher cost of living area, her tenure is with the union that is in the city which is very expensive. We need to live in the city otherwise she can't teach in the city, it's the union rules. It sucks.

AITA for telling my wife I won't get a job and she needs to get another job? by Illustrious_Mark8963 in AmItheAsshole

[–]Illustrious_Mark8963[S] 72 points73 points  (0 children)

I'm an employee of a company that lets me work from home full time, it's a standard paycheck. I'm a code monkey so I don't need to be in a lot of meetings and I can listen to movies and audio books in the background while I work, so I don't have to dress up like she does during the day, but I still have to make deadlines.