posted May 17, 2011 06:09 AM
My very direct question (I think it is, anyway 
) is: is there any sign of improvement in my financial situation?
As some of you might already know I'm a single mother, have been for a few months now. But I'm also receiving unemployment benefits and have a great desire to pick up where I left off at school again, and absolutely no intention of leaving that desire go again (have been trying to go back to college for the last 9 years... well, 7 maybe, it took me a while to realise I shouldn't have quit school to begin with. So you can imagine I don't want to keep my hopes up, only to have them crushed by the corporate reality of being productive). I also receive child support from the state, which is not quite much to be honest, and from my son's father... for as long as he remains here in Belgium (my heart says he should go, because he is causing me nothing but stress, but my financially opportunisticly inclined mind says he should stay, because his child support can make the difference between me not able to pay the bills and me making ends meet with more ease)
Recently I have considered working in the black to get more money alongside my unemployment wage, but I'm well aware that this has reprecussions if found out. It does seem to be my only option to make more money, if I want to be able to go back to college and finish what I wanted to start when I was a teenager.
So, anyone with any method of divination who can shed some light on this issue? I'd also be grateful for any more information regarding the plans of my son's father, to see if he finally decided to really get out of my hair instead of constantly promising me it and then not keeping that promise (I know it sounds cruel that I want him to go, but he's capable of such intense passive agressive behaviour and manipulation that I can't stand to have him around. Even knowing he's around is stressful enough for me)
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