Ian Job: Tire Changer, Age 27, his wife Debbie King-Barillas job: Legal Secretary, age 37
Their children: Twins, August and Julio age 11
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Debbie was loving this pregnancy. Finally she enjoyed a pregnancy without having to deal with too much morning sickness. She was almost at full term. Now that their family was expanding by hopefully just one more baby she needed to talk to Ian about finances. Ian is her junior by 10 years so there is some immaturity there. Debbie sometimes looks at Ian and realizes that he is maybe frustrated with not having that much money. Literally having their twins, August and Julio vanished their savings. Now they barely made ends meat. Ian left his previous job a while back to work in a garage. This move was not bringing in that much cash. With Debbie being pregnant..well the maternity leave is not paying that well either. They were on the verge of being broke and with Ian constantly staying out after work was causing them to get more low on cash. She needed to sit him down and talk to him. When this baby came and she prayed it would be a single birth, they needed to be ready.
Ian came home and Debbie decided to talk to him about their financial situation.
"Debbie..You think that I dont know that were poor. Look at us. Were literally living in a small ass two bedroom studio apartment. Where is the new baby or babies going to fit? Who knows..Oh god dont tell me our room?"
"yes our room. Ian... the baby or babies will need to stay in our room. I am not going to subject the twins to hearing a baby cry at 4am."
"How did it get this bad. It seemed that only yesterday we got married were having a good time and now we have two kids that constantly need something and one on the way!"
"Its the same for me too. You think that it helped me losing my teaching career? Of course not. Look we just have to stop a little bit on the partying after work."
"Im not partying..im trying to get a better work gig. Im trying to learn things so that I can move up."
"and thats great.. but I need you to stop spending our money. we barely managed to pay the $1,300 tax bill and it will cost $4000 for the birthing fee if its only one. Come on Ian I need you to help both financially and with the kids."
"I know.. im just tired of being cooped up here day and night..night and day. Dont you ever get tired?"
"No..because I have no choice. These are our children.Its not a chore for me to be with them. Besides we go to your sister's Bri house what more do you want?"
"I wanted to know what this whole marriage deal was about before I got in it...im going to bed".
Debbie looked at him walking away and her fear of making this marriage work began growing more and more.
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Ian tried to come home right after work so he was there for the birth of their son, Darcy. It was a single birth and both parents let out a sigh of relief. Debbie still could not believe that she was surrounded by boys. She was finally happy to be able to have her little baby in her arms.
Ian began to help the twins more. He played with them and even managed to supervise and help them with their homework. It was hard for Ian since he was still tempted at work to hang out. But he also knew that he had responsibilities. Now that he didnt go out that much they were able to save a little bit of money. He just protected himself because he didnt want to get Debbie pregnant again.
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This is what Debbie enjoyed about being a mom to a baby boy. She loved this stage when she could bathe them, talk to them and feed them. As soon as Darcy would grow up she was sure he would want to be with Ian all the time. When the boys grew up Debbie would sometimes feel lonely with not having a little girl to play with.
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Before she knew it little Darcy was now a year old. He loved getting into everything. This apartment was getting too small and Debbie and Ian would soon have to either move to an apartment or buy a house. The way the finances were going it would probably be another apartment. Ian was doing good for almost a year but then he got bored and began staying out after work. It pained Debbie to Ian so distant. Now that Darcy was a year old he would call for his daddy a lot. The twins even started to noticed their father was not around much any more. Maybe he really was working a lot.. who knew. She was too focused on making sure she was raising her kids correctly.
The boys were getting bigger too. They were now 12 and they were getting bored of just staying at home. They would go outside where Debbie could keep watch on them. Soon they would be teens and they would need Ian to guide them on their way to manhood.
As Debbie helped Darcy learn his first steps she planned how to talk to Ian again about his staying out too much. She needed to again remind her husband who acted like another of her children to get it together. His family needed him more now than ever.
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