Hardships
Married life was harder than Laura ever expected it to be—financial struggles, petty fights, long days, early hours, late nights. Their minimum wage jobs kept them pinching pennies for a rainy day. But every day was rainy. Their rent increased. Jack couldn’t get a promotion at the bar. Laura constantly took on extra shifts to keep them afloat. For years they had the same fight over the same topic—kids and career. She wanted kids and to go back to college. It was never the right time for Jack to take her seriously. She knew he was becoming distant, but she made a commitment.