Jody

Um, you know.

The person that you can depend on to take care of things, you know, like, I guess that's basically what it is.

Well, I guess, you know, the biggest part for me is just not being the one to earn enough so that I can stay home with our, you know, kids.

That's kind of what I always wanted and we had talked about before we got married.

And then it just kind of never happened.

No, no.

I think the story that I have is that he doesn't have the confidence to go out and do better for himself.

Right.

Well, and not just that I want, but I feel like a life we agreed that we wanted together.

Right.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Um, I mean, he started as the higher income earner and, um,

But then it sort of flip-flopped, you know.

So I felt like I had to earn more.

Because, you know, we had bills and things to pay, and he lost his job a few years ago, and when he got a new one, it was a significant pay cut.

And so then at the time I thought, well, you know, there were, there was a promotion available at work and I applied for it and, and got it.

And, you know, I don't necessarily love what I do.

And I think that's probably part of it too, is I don't love my job.

And, but I feel like I have to, um, to, I had to sort of earn more so that we could, you know, pay the bills and, um,