Holy cow, so on the nose!

We even sat down with a pen and pad and worked out the financials, deciding "together" that it was financially better for me to stay home because child care costs were soaring.

You should read one-tenth of my essays about the fifteen years of financial abuse that followed. It took me so long to climb out of the unevenly-balanced relationship and finally find my true worth.

The only part I am grateful for is the time I got to spend with my kids while he was "too busy."

Write on, woman!