Partner lost their job and now completely relying on you?
Not only has the recession meant many people cutting their budgets because they're not getting rises as usual or because they've had their hours cut - but when it comes to job-loss it means it can impact severely on a relationship.
In my Love Clinic on iVillage UK today I've tackled one woman's dilemma - she's feeling incredibly frustrated with her partner who seems to have given up looking for job and is now reliant on her.
She works hard and supports them both and he seems quite content relying on her. As you can imagine anyone who's hard-working finds this very frustrating and also such lack of motivation is a very unattractive trait in a person.
When it goes live later on today I will post a link here.
TODAY’S TIP: If your the partner who's carrying the load you have to face your frustrations with honesty. Some people think it's better to bite their tongue and just wait and hope their out of work partner will suddenly get motivated to find a job - but they leave themselves open for developing a simmering bitterness.
And if that simmering anger erupts it's not a pretty sight and certainly not helpful to sorting out this terribly important issue.
Get the courage to discuss it.
Look after yourselves, Pamx