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Post by angeleyes65 on Jul 25, 2019 8:22:23 GMT -5
@ solodriver Sad to hear you got set back years but it might make you feel better to know my exit plan was 5 years it took a little longer but I'm out and happy I started with a consultation through work with a debt counselor that took 5 years to clear up 20k in credit card debt. While I was doing that I built savings and paid off bills starting with smallest one first. Then used that money to add to the next smallest bill. And while living as room mates I taught him to be self sufficient and I did things I enjoyed without him. I was also out sourcing but that's a different story. Best of luck to you!
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Post by solodriver on Jul 25, 2019 20:17:39 GMT -5
angeleyes65 thank you for your response. Your situation is almost exactly what I'm looking at, except I have 3 years, $30k in credit card debt, 2 mortgages and a car payment.
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Post by angeleyes65 on Jul 25, 2019 21:40:27 GMT -5
Yeah I had 2 mortgages and a car payment too then to add insujt to injury my car died the summer before I left and got a way bigger car payment then I wanted . Still paying it.
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Post by baza on Jul 25, 2019 22:52:39 GMT -5
angeleyes65 thank you for your response. Your situation is almost exactly what I'm looking at, except I have 3 years, $30k in credit card debt, 2 mortgages and a car payment. Maybe a Financial Planner needs to be brought into play here Brother solodriver . If interest rates are anything like those that apply to credit cards in my jurisdiction, the interest bill would be running to about $ 500 per month or $6,000 per year and on minimum payments only it would take until about 2040 to clear them. With two mortgages and the card debt, you are really working for your creditors, not yourself. Who's been running the finances in your deal up to this point ? Could a case be made for relieving them of that responsibility, and if necessary, engaging a Financial Planner and following their advice ?
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Post by solodriver on Aug 11, 2019 18:20:31 GMT -5
Update: We agreed back in July that we were living as roommates and that I was going to honor that part of our relationship fully. She also agreed that was our situation. Since that time, we haven't had but one or two arguments and it's actually more peaceful in the house. I take care of my own meals and she takes care of her's. I quit cleaning up behind her messes and I no longer do her laundry (she never did mine). And we agreed (for now anyway) to meet each week to discuss our finances and what bills to pay. If in the future that should break down, I have a level of escalation that will take place up bankruptcy. I am detached emotionally from her. It's a fine line to walk if she is having any kind of medical issues but she is an adult and she needs to deal with her medical issues. I'm not uncaring or unsympathic but I won't get involved unless it's an emergency now.
We don't do anything together anymore such as watch TV (we weren't doing that anyway). She no longer has any say in my sexual choices or behavior. But at this point, there is really nothing else I can do until our finances are in better shape. I haven't discussed separation or divorce yet because when I do, it will be happening, not a threat and right now it would be a threat that she could consider non-credible because I may be stuck in this situation for another year, unless something dramatically changes. Because of my detachment, it has helped me clearly and emotionally realize that I'm making the right decision when the time comes.
In the meantime, I'm beginning to wonder if I should just give up hope on any chance of attracting another woman romantically and/or sexually into my life.
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Post by DryCreek on Aug 11, 2019 18:57:45 GMT -5
solodriver, not to be a broken record, but I’d be really uneasy staying financially bonded to someone once the plan is known (especially since debt is what has you stuck). At this point, you’re on the hook for half of any new debt she incurs by default. (Pessimistically, each of you is paying for half of what the other person buys... that’s an invitation for irresponsible behavior, and you’d have to argue that certain new debt shouldn’t be shared. And creditors won’t care whether the court agrees with you.) I know you’ve talked to a lawyer about your financial situation. Did you ask about how to manage your risk exposure during the time you’re digging out? (I.e., timing of a legal separation) Also, are you jointly paying off a car that just one of you will benefit from?
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Post by baza on Aug 11, 2019 19:08:58 GMT -5
You've got some level of control about how much longer you are going to stay in your dud marriage Brother solodriver . You've got no level of control over whether a new relationship may happen further down the track. The sequence goes - (a) - present situation, of being in an ILIASM deal to (b) - being single. It doesn't go (a) - present situation, of being in an ILIASM deal to (b) - being in a new relationship. Rather, it goes from being in an ILIASM deal, to being single, then to (c) "who knows ?" It would seem that deploying your resources into the resolution to the present problem (of being in an ILIASM deal) needs to take precedence over the theoretical problem of the "who knows ?" Chances are that if you bring (a) to resolution, and move onto (b) then (c) ultimately takes care of itself.
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Post by orangepeel on Aug 12, 2019 5:20:22 GMT -5
The key cause for optimism, solodriver, is that you are accepting the logic (i.e. the truth) of your situation and proceeding with caution based on that logic. This is the opposite of living a lie and so is a critically important step on the road to happiness.
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