I work in a paint factory.We make industrial paint in huge batches for various companies. It's literally one of those jobs you think of when old heads say something like "maybe if you went and got a real job instead of flipping burgers"
I live in a three bedroom house in a decent part of town, not the best, but decent. They pay me well compared to other jobs I've had in the past I'll admit that. It still takes my wife working part time at a food lion and my disabled mother living with us so we can take care of her and collect the companion care money her insurance provides to comfortably make ends meet... My wife and I share a 7 year old used car, don't have cable, and went out to eat together for the first time in almost a year the other day. We work opposite shifts because child care would eat her entire monthly earnings if we didn't which would make her working pointless. We see each other a little on weekends when I'm off and before she goes into work herself...
Can attest its not a great way to live... You need a strong and trusting relationship to even attempt to make it work and there will still be strain on your marriage...
itsonlyastrongbuzz on May 2nd, 2018 at 09:51 UTC »
You forgot the fact that you didn’t need a college education for the job so you also didn’t have student loans tied to your ankle.
Illi3141 on May 2nd, 2018 at 10:07 UTC »
I work in a paint factory.We make industrial paint in huge batches for various companies. It's literally one of those jobs you think of when old heads say something like "maybe if you went and got a real job instead of flipping burgers"
I live in a three bedroom house in a decent part of town, not the best, but decent. They pay me well compared to other jobs I've had in the past I'll admit that. It still takes my wife working part time at a food lion and my disabled mother living with us so we can take care of her and collect the companion care money her insurance provides to comfortably make ends meet... My wife and I share a 7 year old used car, don't have cable, and went out to eat together for the first time in almost a year the other day. We work opposite shifts because child care would eat her entire monthly earnings if we didn't which would make her working pointless. We see each other a little on weekends when I'm off and before she goes into work herself...
Can attest its not a great way to live... You need a strong and trusting relationship to even attempt to make it work and there will still be strain on your marriage...
hotgnipgnaps on May 2nd, 2018 at 11:15 UTC »
The rent is too damn high.