The mill burned down at 3am January 4th. That's the day his income stopped. He did NOTHING. On the 4th, I read every article, researched unemployment and getting state benefits back. By the 5th, I had applied for unemployment for him. By the 6th, we fought talked about moving to North Carolina. By the 7th, we decided.
I am watching our money dry up. I am watching our bills climb. We owe over $1,000 to electric. We owe gas and water $600+ each. The need for groceries never ends. I'd like to say we could get by on $50 a week. NOPE. We spent about $30 a day.
I am trying to work out our budget, but DAMN. We can't seem to get ahold of any answers from unemployment. He doesn't have a PIN to file with, so we can't. There is no other option. You can't mail it, call it in, do an online chat, nothing. A new pin was mailed back on the 15th. It is the 23rd. Because of this pin, we have forfeit $225 in income. If we don't file by Saturday, we forfeit another $225.
I CAN NOT PAY RENT.
JUSTIN'S TRUCK JUST ATE $600 IN REPAIRS.
MY VAN IN OUT OF INSPECTION (and we were hit with a $120 fine for driving it 1.5 miles to the corner store out of desperation)
I don't know what to do.
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My husband stands over my computer while I try to type this all, get it out of my head. That does NOT help. I don't think it's a secret that I don't think he does enough around here, but to stand over me and watch me itemize things is fucking low.
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I need him to take action. I need him to call and find out why our credit card payment was taken but not applied. I need him to verify that we aren't going to get fined when we don't pay the $500 balance in 2 weeks. I need him to try and get the unemployment pin SOMEHOW. I need him to share the weight of these worries with me, but instead he brings his friend over and they take over the living room while I pack, take care of kids, and make all the plans.
And NO. Asking me if I want him to stop playing video games on the main television so that I can watch tv is NOT helpful. He hassles me about Magic the Gathering, too. He claims "we" (me, him, his friend) can't watch a tv show where all they do is play games of MTG because I don't want to. If he's not talking about it, trying to read cards to me, watching it, or trying to goad me into playing.... then he's playing video games and yelling at the kids.
I prefer him out of the house, working.
