My husband is an Army SGT (not a high-paid manager for a large corporation). I am a stay-at-home mom. We have two children.

We eat, we play, we pay bills, we buy things.

You'll be just fine. Sometimes a simple life is a better life.

How about you get a part-time job and pitch in, or at least cover your own expenses? (like gas and insurance for that car you enjoy...)

My thoughts exactly.

If you're old enough to be driving, you're old enough to do more than just "feel sorry" for your mom. How about you get a part-time job and pitch in, or at least cover your own expenses? (like gas and insurance for that car you enjoy...)

You think of me as being so selfish. I've been offering to have a part time job during the school year since I was 14, and take money out of my paycheck working on a Cherry Farm at 13, but my parents will not accept #1, and #2, will not allow me to work during the school year because they believe that I should concentrate on my studies. And I know I will still live comfortably, as I have stated in my article. I feel bad that you have misinterpreted the purpose of my article(through no fault of your own probably, but my lack of organization).

It's good to feel bad for your mom. You love her. I would think something was wrong if you were happy she is losing something important to her.

Well if you can't work, which was seriously a good suggestion but I get your parents view too....anyway, I would suggest you take some time from friends or whatever you have going BESIDES school and spend it with your mom. She will be a stay at home mom until she finds a new job and I am sure it would make her happy to see you spend some of your free time with her. Make her feel needed and loved....its nice.

Or at least it would feel nice to me.

Good luck.

Thank you Tova for your good advice. After we talked at dinnertime she thanked me for caring for her, which I should do anyways without being thanked, but it was nice. Thankfully she is talented enough that many people have offered her jobs or opportunities, so this will not last long hopefully.

Get a job ya bum!

j/k

These things happen. It's a part of life. You, your mom, and your family will get over it, move past it, and in the end probably be the better for it.

Study and get a good mangement position and look after your mparents when they are older. That way you can give to them a small part of what they have done for you.

It's OK to feel sorry but it's not a reason to roll over and wet on yourself. This is America. Do something about it. I know some say that a simple life is a better life. I don't agree at all. Life was meant to be Fantastic. Explore it, appreciate it, travel, discover and most of all help people realize the same thing.