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Title: Self Employed and 3 kids to raise, its hard.
Post by: Fateena on May 03, 2018, 03:36:46 pm: I am self employed with 3 children and sometimes I get a little weary. Money just doesn't come quick enough sometimes.
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Post by: tnshpalmer85 on May 03, 2018, 04:07:14 pm: I am not self employed, but I am a mom of four and I know how hard it is. I am so happy the summer is almost here and I can have a little break from the hustle and bustle in the mornings.
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Post by: metsrock69 on May 03, 2018, 04:07:33 pm: I know the feeling sometimes. I am self employed and sometimes the jobs don't come fast enough. I hope things turn out for the better. on here just try all the surveys and offers you can and when you get enough cashout.
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Post by: Tresbn00 on May 03, 2018, 06:23:32 pm: Hats off to all the self-employed and single parents! It is not easy at all! My wife was in a great corporate position for the first twelve years of our children's lives. She had to travel four out of five working days per week and missed the joys that come with being a parent. Technically I was a single parent but by day and worked wile the children slept. She missed all of memories of the children's formative moments and I missed out on more than three hours of sleep per day. I had thirty years of self employment and started hitting it harder when the kids were in school. Self employment was nice, very lucrative, but not as steady as a salaried position. I miss my self employed days, now that I am in corporate America, because I could work less and make so much more but it is kind of nice letting the company take care of the headache clients.
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Post by: lguzman1 on May 03, 2018, 10:20:50 pm: I do understand you, I was a single Mom of 4 for many, many years.
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Post by: mrsmere on May 04, 2018, 03:53:47 am: Hang in there and pray the Lord will open up doors for you also make a budget and do your best to stick with it.
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Post by: nannycoe1 on May 04, 2018, 04:58:26 am: My daughter is a single mom of 3 and I know ow hard it is for her
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Post by: JaniceSW on May 04, 2018, 05:57:12 am: I'm sorry and I do think I know how it must feel! I had two children who are now grown and on their own but I was divorced for some of their childhood. My oldest daughter has also been raising her one daughter alone since birth. Maybe the difference is that she got a college degree and was lucky enough to land a pretty good paying job! I do feel for you! It must be trying to raise three children. It is a lot of responsibility. It is even more trying when you have a limited income.
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Post by: teresa3200 on May 04, 2018, 06:33:22 am: I hope things get better for you and money starts coming in more regularly.
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Post by: bshee58 on May 04, 2018, 07:20:21 am: I have one and she is 20, almost 21, but during the years when she was younger, it was a stretch with money being short and far in between, but with the help and prayers to God, I did the best I could, there is one good thing that came out of this is she never got pregnant while in school, so I'm grateful. She wants to wait until she gets married.
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Post by: sak4kat on May 04, 2018, 07:49:31 am: Been there - It was hard, exhausting and enlightening. I was lucky and had an amazing support group. A mother who helped as much as she could with my kids and friends and other parents that pitched in to helped each other. I think as a single parent I was stricter on my kids more than I would have been if I'd stayed married.
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Post by: debidoo on May 04, 2018, 08:27:58 am: So many different life situations but they all come down to the same thing for a lot of us - it is hard to make it. I am in the best financial situation I have been in my whole life at 64 years of age and it is still hard to make it. It costs a lot to live today and I am on SS disability and blessed to have a small retirement check besides and lol I do mean very small but I make it to pay my bills and eat. So I know how hard it is when I was raising my kids and hubby was alive it was still hard because my husband only got a real small disability from a young age. Hang in there hopefully you will be able to earn a good supplement from FC.
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Post by: alice44 on May 04, 2018, 09:57:16 am: I really don't know how families make it these days. The cost of living has increased so much!
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Post by: natashaspy on May 04, 2018, 12:57:55 pm: Things are tough all over it seems. Sending you really good thoughts that things get easier for you!
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Post by: mrisha on May 04, 2018, 08:22:26 pm: It is awful when you are the only one who is responsible for paying your bills etc. Most of all taking care of your children can be draining when there is no one elsewhere round to give you a break from worrying about paying the bills and being there for your children.
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Post by: countrygirl12 on May 05, 2018, 03:34:03 am: I would love to be self employed.
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Post by: bretay on May 05, 2018, 05:24:20 am: in todays times i can imagine it would be very hard...but it is hard when you are married also..my husband gets a disability check and it pays bills and some groceries...no spending money..i can't imagine having kids to support also...good luck to you..hope all goes well..
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Post by: Nancy5 on May 05, 2018, 05:41:03 am: I feel bad for you being a single parent with 3 kids, I hope thing turn around for you and life becomes easier for you.