Could you move to a county next over? I understand that living in higher cost of living area eats at your finances. My area isn’t that high cost but I always had to live in expensive cities because of my daughter’s school. If you aren’t tied to best schools could you move a bit further?

I moved a lot and it never cost me 5k. Why is it going to cost you so much? It’s just moving one apartment to another. You pack your stuff and pay movers to move heavy items and no way it costs 5k.

There are many single people out there. I was single most of my life and never ever had a roommate and never lived with my parents beyond age 19. And I am not and never made that much money, my job doesn’t pay that much. I am hard to live with and I’d not tolerate roommates. At times I took second jobs. It wasn’t always easy but you can manage especially with nice salary. If you make nice money you should be ok. I am not saying you should be on your own and get divorced but financial reason is usually wrong reason to be married. I know a lot of single people. Most my girlfriends are single and several have never been married and they never ever had a roommate beyond maybe in their 20s. Who wants roommates at 50.

I am just not grasping something I guess. How did you live before you met him?