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Ugh, Steve has been so grouchy lately, I'm tired of it! I think the cough syrup he's been taking is making him really drowsy, and he's not sleeping well. Add the snoring, and it's a wonder the poor guy has been getting any sleep at all!
Last night, he was being really quiet. Anytime I would talk to him, or tell him about something, he wouldn't say anything, not even to acknowledge I had spoken to him. I asked him what was going on, and he launched into this whole thing about how his life is so stagnant right now, and he's pissed off that they haven't done anything with the associate director position at his work, and a bunch of other stuff. He hasn't really said anything about the job, and considering he was at his parents' house yesterday, I know that this is coming from his dad. His dad is not the most eloquent speaker, and the only things he knows are work and cars, so he talks about work with Steve all the time. How's work, what's going on with that job you applied for, is Heather working full time, is she looking, blah blah blah.
So then he started bitching about how I'm not working full time. Nevermind the fact that I'm working two part time jobs, and if you consider the fact that I'm still taking assignments from the temp agency, I'm working three part time jobs. I'm sorry that doesn't equal full-time status, but I can't control how much I work at the plastic surgeon's. If we have surgery, I work. If we don't have surgery, I don't work. Simple as that. I've applied to over 50 hospital jobs, and I got an interview for one. So maybe this whole surgical tech thing was a big mistake. Steve's dad also wonders why I quit a full time job just because I didn't like it, and decided to do something else. Well shit, I'm sorry that I didn't want to stay at a place where I felt like hanging myself, and excuse me for wanting to do something more with my life.
After all of that, I reminded him that our money situation was fine right now. We aren't struggling like we used to, and we do have some money in savings. Then he said that there's no way we'll ever be able to save for the future, and even though the month to month expenses, and a few hundred dollars here and there were no problem, our long term plan wasn't good. I told him that if we spend a few hundred dollars here and there, of course we're not going to have money to save in the future. Then he went into his classic sighing, and telling me that I didn't get it. Um, okay, I'm stupid, and I don't get it. If you want to save thousands of dollars, you have to start with saving hundreds of dollars. Am I missing something here? It sounds like I get it pretty well, but he insists that I don't. I'm so tired of him making me feel stupid about money. Yes, I was in some debt when he met me, and yes, he helped me to get out of it. But if I hardly ever spend a penny, and he thinks it's perfectly acceptable to blow $600 on gambling, who's really the one that doesn't get it?
ETA: Looks like the Memorial hospitals around here are on a hiring spree. So I just applied for 3 jobs. So there, Steve's parents, shut up! I think I've applied to all three in the past, but if they're still open, it must mean that they need more people. We'll see, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
Last night, he was being really quiet. Anytime I would talk to him, or tell him about something, he wouldn't say anything, not even to acknowledge I had spoken to him. I asked him what was going on, and he launched into this whole thing about how his life is so stagnant right now, and he's pissed off that they haven't done anything with the associate director position at his work, and a bunch of other stuff. He hasn't really said anything about the job, and considering he was at his parents' house yesterday, I know that this is coming from his dad. His dad is not the most eloquent speaker, and the only things he knows are work and cars, so he talks about work with Steve all the time. How's work, what's going on with that job you applied for, is Heather working full time, is she looking, blah blah blah.
So then he started bitching about how I'm not working full time. Nevermind the fact that I'm working two part time jobs, and if you consider the fact that I'm still taking assignments from the temp agency, I'm working three part time jobs. I'm sorry that doesn't equal full-time status, but I can't control how much I work at the plastic surgeon's. If we have surgery, I work. If we don't have surgery, I don't work. Simple as that. I've applied to over 50 hospital jobs, and I got an interview for one. So maybe this whole surgical tech thing was a big mistake. Steve's dad also wonders why I quit a full time job just because I didn't like it, and decided to do something else. Well shit, I'm sorry that I didn't want to stay at a place where I felt like hanging myself, and excuse me for wanting to do something more with my life.
After all of that, I reminded him that our money situation was fine right now. We aren't struggling like we used to, and we do have some money in savings. Then he said that there's no way we'll ever be able to save for the future, and even though the month to month expenses, and a few hundred dollars here and there were no problem, our long term plan wasn't good. I told him that if we spend a few hundred dollars here and there, of course we're not going to have money to save in the future. Then he went into his classic sighing, and telling me that I didn't get it. Um, okay, I'm stupid, and I don't get it. If you want to save thousands of dollars, you have to start with saving hundreds of dollars. Am I missing something here? It sounds like I get it pretty well, but he insists that I don't. I'm so tired of him making me feel stupid about money. Yes, I was in some debt when he met me, and yes, he helped me to get out of it. But if I hardly ever spend a penny, and he thinks it's perfectly acceptable to blow $600 on gambling, who's really the one that doesn't get it?
ETA: Looks like the Memorial hospitals around here are on a hiring spree. So I just applied for 3 jobs. So there, Steve's parents, shut up! I think I've applied to all three in the past, but if they're still open, it must mean that they need more people. We'll see, but I'm not going to hold my breath.
