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The day that Tiffany was let off from the company, she and he had a large argument. He accused her of deliberately trying to jeopardise their lifestyle by hiding her quitting with the lies of the company letting her off due to Tricia, while she was too upset at being treated like that by the company that she had put in a lot of effort to help run to think rationally about what he was saying to her about her and ended up lashing out at him.
That night, he made her sleep in the living room on the couch. But by the next morning, cooler heads prevailed and they sat down and started to talk through the whole event like responsible adults, discussing their next steps.
First, Tiffany was to take full-time care of Tricia. They had argued and debated about this for nearly an hour before coming to the conclusion that Tiffany was to stay home. The same problem of having to take leave on short notice was going to keep re-surfacing as long as Tricia was still a toddler. Maybe later when things were more stabilised that Tiffany's job will be rediscussed.
Second, the nanny had to go. Tiffany dismissed the nanny, who expressed a little regret at being unable to continue to look after Tricia. With Tiffany being at home full-time, there was no need for an additional nanny. Besides, the take-home pay was now much less than before because Tiffany was out of a job---having a nanny would place additional strain to the home finances.
Those were the two main steps that they were going to take. On the one hand, Tiffany was glad to spend more time with Tricia, looking after her every need, both the good and the bad, but on the other hand, it was a substantial income loss that they were taking on. Thankfully, Tricia was a perfectly normal child, something that Tiffany keeps remind herself each time; things could have been worse had Tricia be affected by common childhood afflictions like asthma or allergies.
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