2 Weeks Notice Due to Increase

[mountainside13]

My husband and I are going to try to have another baby. We have insurance, but our co-pay is outrageous!

I often joke that we should get pregnant, get a divorce, have the baby and then get remarried a while down the road. That way it would be cheaper.

We would never do that, but in so many words, like you said-Single moms are not what they once were! I know some do struggle and some actually lose a SO/BF while pregnant, but others,well, you know.

My husband had a friend in school that we ran into last year and went out to lunch. During the short time together she told us how she was working the system. The dad of her 2 children secretly living in the house and not getting married so that the government would pay her rent. She complained because her rent was raised from $1.50 to $5! Pay for a nursing degree with help of student loans, free daycare, free health insurance and food stamps. Working under the table jobs. People like that ruin it for everyone who really needs it.

We have health insurance but our co pay is also really high and the benefits are not good. It would have been nice to get some help but working families don't

I'm a single mom too.

I am married but my kids only have one mom so I guess that technically makes me a "single mom" :: ::

Wonder if we said it like that if parents would "get it"?!?

:: love that way of thinking!!!

[Kcole1075]

My DD's school counselor (college) told her she should consider having a baby.

She outright listed the "benefits" my 25 yr old, single, NON-parent daughter would receive if she went that route.

Both my kids are single with no kids in the 21-25 yr old age group. They don't qualify for many aide programs so instead work two jobs, pay a ton in taxes, get very little (if anything ) back and struggle to make ends meet on a regular basis.

On this topic, i am 23 engaged going to night school for early childhood education. I was working 3 retail jobs at the beginning of the year to pay for school.


Both of my parents are teachers the only way i would ever get help for school is have a baby, get married right away, or get my own medical insurance. My parents have to claim me as a dependent to keep me on the insurance and unless i do these things i get to pay for it all on my own.

I have resisted the "benefits" of a speedy marriage because of the health insurance issue. It's just not worth it to me because my parents have great insurance.