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My Husband Says That I Don’t Earn Enough Money
So, I pretended I was him and published on NewsBreak
The first thing in the morning, before I was fully awake and hadn’t taken my meds, my husband approached me about the most popular topic in our home — money. It sure is discussed abundantly for something that we don’t have enough of.
He brought up how I have made virtually no progress in making a living from my writing during the past year. He reminded me how we agreed that beginning in 2022; I have to bring in a specific amount of money to help with the bills. Then he ran down a list of unexpected expenses coming up the first part of the year.
Even though he thinks I am oblivious to all of these things, I am fully aware of our financial situation. So, I told him that I didn’t forget that we had an agreement where I had a whole year to build a writing career and that at the end of that year, I needed to begin to make a specific amount of money to contribute toward our bills.
I continued to tell him that I intended to hold up my end of the bargain. And I said to him that I would pay my share of the bills starting next month. Then, finally, I clarified that it was none of his damn business how I make money.
Whether I write, flip burgers, scrub toilets or sell my blood to earn money, that is my business — not his. He seemed happy with that.
I firmly believe that I could present my husband with a check for a million dollars, and he wouldn’t ask where it came from or what I did to get it.
Seriously, I could win the lottery or rob a bank, and it wouldn’t matter to him; the money all spends the same, as far as he’s concerned. Instead, he would tell me what bills needed to be paid and then ask me how much he gets of the leftover money.
My husband is utterly disinterested in my present and future other than my ability to assist with bills financially. If someone were to ask him what I do for a living, he likely would pretend that he didn’t hear and then change the topic.
As far as he’s concerned, I need to hide under a rock until I start earning enough money to significantly contribute financially to our household.
