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My husband of twenty years and I live a very blue collar life. He works 8-5 and I’ve stayed home and taken care of our daughter. Recently however I’ve had to go back to work as a waitress because the company cut my husband’s salary.
Our daughter is a beautiful girl, and I always felt like my husband’s salary couldn’t give her what she deserved in life. We live in an apartment on top of a former mill instead of a house, and when she struggles at school or with her mental health we can’t afford more than momentary help.
Our daughter was scouted by an agent that had excellent references plus a great track record. She got signed to a modeling agency and I would drive all the way from Rhode Island to NYC to take her to castings and jobs.
My husband began fighting me on the time away from home, but he couldn’t see how she shone. She was such a star in front of the camera.
People tell you to pursue the things you’re good at, so why can’t my daughter do that? My husband said she needed to be a bookworm- but she has been getting Cs in school, so why not make something else besides an academic track job where she might be outshone by peers her profession?
We all want the best for our children, and what I want to do is set her up for an illustrious life. Since she’s been modeling she’s been around rich men and has been gifted designer clothes. Her agent says she needs to move to NYC full time and I agree that she needs to focus on what she loves.
My husband said he’d consider divorce that if I tried to move her to NYC. But even my daughter said that she didn’t need anything that school was now teaching her, and in any case we spoke with a program that would help her pass the GED test. She can also learn a lot from the gentlemen she now has the ability to meet which I think she can’t get anywhere else.
Now that I think of it, I believe my husband is jealous of the life she’ll be able to live or the rich men make him feel less of a provider? The way he sees it, he wants her to finish high school and be in college, but by the time she’s finished with college, the people in the industry would have forgotten about her.
I do want my daughter to be able to be in magazine, for her to be able to afford a nice place and build up her collection of designer clothes and fancy jewelry. Am I really the first mom to think that?
