Just today my wife was asking one of her lifelong friends why she had THREE jobs.
(dual income family, 2 young kids, well above average income, he's fairly frugal, she's not)
Her response...."I have to pay off my credit card bills and at this rate, it'll take me over a year".
My wife paid the same amount of our debt off - by herself - with only side work - in 5 weeks....
When I hear about this, it saddens me.
She's a great mom, but can't focus on her kids because of her admitted bad credit card habits.
We already tried talking to her about living within your means, saving more, spending less, blah blah.
Bonus: The husband can pay off her credit card debt at any time but chose not to so that she'll learn to control herself.