We haven't been hit as hard as some...but DF is really starting to feel it, he runs his own small business doing IT/web hosting type stuff and the business is really struggling at the moment with cash flow...so many bills to pay but nowhere near enough money coming in to pay for them all. My job is secure, I recently landed a permanent position in local government, after being there in a temp position since December, and before that for 12 months on a traineeship, so my job outlook is fine.

I'm just so worried about what we are going to do for money once I go on maternity leave in a few months time...the money just isn't there for DF's business to pay for everything (including groceries and things like that...I think DF just thinks they fall out of the sky or something ), we are still 2 weeks behind in rent and don't look like catching up anytime soon although they keep threatening us with termination of our lease...we'd really be up the creek then... and we have virtually no savings to get us through as I've used what I had to help DF get out of hot water with a bank, no doubt they'll be jumping up and down again soon I am quite stressed about how we are going to survive financially once I leave work, DF however doesn't appear so worried, which makes me worry even more!