Hey all, I'm sorry, but I didn't know if this would be the right forum for this or not. My husband and I separated in December after I couldn't handle him keeping a mistress for any longer. I stayed in the home we're renting, and thank goodness my income has been enough to cover it, but it just gets really hard alone. I have 2 kids from a prior marriage, so they're mine full time and without child support (this was an agreement that I made to have my kids full time without an ugly custody battle and I stand by it, so I'm not looking for sympathy). My estranged husband got a new townhouse and has his income plus VA disability to help him cover all his bills. We were talking earlier this week and he mentioned being able to prepay all his bills with his first paycheck of the month and so his second he basically gets to play with. I am making it. We're not hungry, we're not behind in rent (though admittedly I'm a little scared for summer electricity bills). It just feels so unfair to me that I'm the one who got cheated on, lied to, ran around on, and he's the one sitting comfortably, WITH a girlfriend, while I'm looking into side gigs that will take me away from my kids even more just to try and save to move into a house and stop being subjected to the rent gouging happening in my city. I'm just tired, frustrated, hurt, angry, lonely...and needed these feelings to leave my fingertips for a moment. Thank you for listening.