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Spinoff Divorce and $ poll
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If you are homeowners....
Could you afford the monthly mortgage completely on your own? (No life insurance payout, no divorce settlement, just you and your paycheck.)
Could YH?
Re: Spinoff Divorce and $ poll
If you are homeowners....
Could you afford the monthly mortgage completely on your own? (No life insurance payout, no divorce settlement, just you and your paycheck.) No
Could YH? He'd have to give up certain things I think and it would be tight, but he could technically afford it.
If you are homeowners....
Could you afford the monthly mortgage completely on your own? (No life insurance payout, no divorce settlement, just you and your paycheck.) It would depend on how our debt was allocated. If I was strictly responsible for the mortgage, I could do it. If I have to consider other debt (student loans, car payment, insurance, etc), then that would be a "no". I would definitely have to downsize.
Could YH? Same as above.
If you are homeowners....
Could you afford the monthly mortgage completely on your own? (No life insurance payout, no divorce settlement, just you and your paycheck.) Just the mortgage bill alone, yes. The mortgage bill plus all the utilities, home owners dues, cable and such... no. I would have to downsize.
Could YH? He'd have to give up certain things I think and it would be tight, but he could technically afford it. *** same for mine. He spends a lot on his cars, so he'd have to sell a car to make it work, but he could probably swing it.
Me: NO.
DH: yeah. He pays 100% of our bills now. I only pay for my own student loans and my little credit card bill that I sometimes have.
Could you afford the monthly mortgage completely on your own? (No life insurance payout, no divorce settlement, just you and your paycheck.) Definitely not.
Could YH? Easily.
We "live" 100% on MH's income. My salary is all fun money or savings.
Me: Yes
DH: No
Me: no
DH: yes
Seeing that I'm unemployed now, that would be a no. back when I was working, yes. And dh can afford it too.
I was on my phone earlier and couldn't answer completely...
Could you afford the monthly mortgage completely on your own? (No life insurance payout, no divorce settlement, just you and your paycheck.) right now, no. Obviously since I"m not working. When I was working, I could. It would be super tight and I'd probably downsize. The house is simply too big for me alone and it holds too many memories.
Could YH? He currently is since I'm not working. MH rocks
And, like GLW, when I work, my money is fun money or spending money. We aren't having too much fun now that I'm not working.
This. In fact, I pretty much do pay for everything. DH's money goes straight to savings.
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There's no way I'd keep our current house if we split or he died, even though I love it.
Him: Easily
Me: No
HOWEVER, that is only because we have this ridiculously expensive home that is still on the market- once we sell it, we are going to downsize SIGNIFICANTLY (like, cut our mortage in HALF) eventually. I never want to be "house poor" again and I can't wait to buy a little cozy simple house.
I also agree with Jennifer- I'd never own a house alone if I was single.
I could afford it if I went back to working full time. If I stayed working part time, I might be able to do it if I really scrimped and cut back on a lot of other things, but it would be really tight.
H could afford it by himself.
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Yes I could. I did for a year when I divorced xh.
Yes hubby could more than afford it.
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We live in an apartment and since his mom owns the house, I would have to kick rocks if we were to separate or divorce.
I would not have enough money to live anywhere in Chicago but the hood on some good old fashioned Section 8 housing.(lol)
DH pays 100% of the bills. I used to pay our electricity bill but no more loan money to pay it. I actually just pay my phone bills, credit card bill from my wisdom teeth being pulled, credit card bill from school supplies and groceries along with gas for my car.
H: Yes
Me: Maybe. I don't think I could keep up with the rest of the bills.
And like a few others have said, I wouldn't keep the house if I were going to have to live there alone.
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