We faced many social changes where norms no longer existed and we started with a routine of daily adult chores. After my son turned one I found out I was pregnant again. We were already lower class with nothing more than minimal wedge work and living with my grandparents in their garage. Another guy would put us even further down the socioeconomic ladder. Even though we were happy, we were not at all prepared. My daughter was born on April 24, 2010 without complications. We knew that our economic situation would never be what we wanted if we didn't further our education. Between two kids and trying to get our place, our social roles put education on the back burner. My social role was primarily that of a stay-at-home mother. I spent the day taking care of my children and taking care of household chores. I hated falling into the cauterizing gender label of a simple stay-at-home mother. As for my husband, his social role was mainly to provide bread and he was the head of the house. We finally got our own place and I graduated from high school homeschooling in 2014 and immediately started college, that was my status achieved. Things still aren't easier by any means, but eventually
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