Relationships

Relationships are difficult. This is no secret to anyone who has endured any length of relationship.
As an adult I didn't think I would struggle with relationships with other adults. In the recent days I was reminded that while I have a few close friends who are dear to me, the outer circle of friends that I have is........well........not people I should be around any more. 

To give you a little background information I will tell the Reader's Digest version. This Saturday we were supposed to celebrate with our friends that we have been married for 15 years and me being done with nursing school. Some how that celebration with friends morphed into a combo country boil/celebration. I didn't say much and was just going to go with the flow until I was informed that the country boil would have cost me about $270 to feed my family of 6. That is not something we can afford. Especially since our grocery bill is double our mortgage payment right now. (and I'm taking 5 minutes to write this before I go to the grocery store again....ugh)