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Girlfriend won't get a job and doing nothing

LegacyUser

So me and my girlfriend live together, and have been for the last few months. However, she's contributing nothing fnancially. She's paying no bills, rent, food or entertainment. She does pay, for the most part, for her own clothes and make up. However, about 6 months ago I was fired and althought I had another job quickly the wage was less. She does contrubute in other ways, the house is always clean and she does the laundry. I love her to pieces but it's really stressing me out that she won't get a job. I have been asking her for months.

When I say, "won't" I don't mean can't. She really has made no effort to get a job. She gets €100 from watching her sister's child 3 to 4 days a week but most of this gets spent on clothes. She says she can't get a job because she's obligated to watch her sister's child. Meanwhile her sister is getting super cheap child care and saving for a deposit on a new house. So basically, I am subsitidizing her sister's deposit that pisses me off because we're living pay check to paycheck.

With the economy the way it is, I have told her things could get really bad quick and if she's working all the money she makes could be saved away for a rainy day. Even a job in a chipper answering the phone would be grand. We've walked by tons of take-a-ways with adverts in the window. She hasn't even made up a C.V.! In the past she's applied for nany positions but when these people ask her to drop by for an interview she blows it off.

On top of all this she's really doing nothing with her life. She has no friends, she's not taking any courses and when she's not watching her sister's kid she's on eBay. She's nearly 30 and going nowhere.

Can anyone offer any ideas on how I can motivate her and improve both of our lives?

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John Mason

personally, i would be showing her door, while on the phone reporting her to both the revenue and the social welfare and probably the HSE while i was at it.

i have no time for wasters or scrougers, she is never going to change

LegacyUser

Unregistered wrote: »

So me and my girlfriend live together, and have been for the last few months. However, she's contributing nothing fnancially. She's paying no bills, rent, food or entertainment. She does pay, for the most part, for her own clothes and make up. However, about 6 months ago I was fired and althought I had another job quickly the wage was less. She does contrubute in other ways, the house is always clean and she does the laundry. I love her to pieces but it's really stressing me out that she won't get a job. I have been asking her for months.

When I say, "won't" I don't mean can't. She really has made no effort to get a job. She gets €100 from watching her sister's child 3 to 4 days a week but most of this gets spent on clothes. She says she can't get a job because she's obligated to watch her sister's child. Meanwhile her sister is getting super cheap child care and saving for a deposit on a new house. So basically, I am subsitidizing her sister's deposit that pisses me off because we're living pay check to paycheck.

With the economy the way it is, I have told her things could get really bad quick and if she's working all the money she makes could be saved away for a rainy day. Even a job in a chipper answering the phone would be grand. We've walked by tons of take-a-ways with adverts in the window. She hasn't even made up a C.V.! In the past she's applied for nany positions but when these people ask her to drop by for an interview she blows it off.

On top of all this she's really doing nothing with her life. She has no friends, she's not taking any courses and when she's not watching her sister's kid she's on eBay. She's nearly 30 and going nowhere.

Can anyone offer any ideas on how I can motivate her and improve both of our lives?

yeah dude ditch her . dont get me wrong if u love her it will be hard but just think,I was like you 5 years ago now I have a 4 year old and a mrs who thinks she can sit on her arse ALL DAY and be justified.A nd then winge about money to me after a day of watching foxtel and walking the dog

LegacyUser

When I thought I was the friendless one I won't be caught doing my dirty laundry in public. But I can't take anymore of the piss.

I try not to be so much of a burden. I sort of made a promise to help my sister but I'm not sure where you got the idea that you were paying for her house. With the wee money I get from her, I buy cheap stuff I need online(as there's no winter or is this cold in my fecking country). I love to shop. What girl does not love to shop? It makes me less depressed too. But I know when to stop and I always make it a point I've some money saved somewhere for when that time when we barely have enough money to buy milk I can pull something out. You din't really spend €3600 in that 5 months on me, did you? No. That's right. Cuz I din't think so too. However shallow and materialistic I can be at times, I always know where I stand. When you are loaded you blow it.. yes, w. my help sometimes c".) You'd give out on me 'cuz you can't figure out where all the money went. As far as I'm concerned this did not happen. YOU NEVER SPENT €600 IN ANY MONTH ON ME. You bought your friends dinner and drinks and stuff too. You have been more than generous to me. You were dear to me. Thanks for giving me 200 for my mum. Thanks for the nice coats, the jacket, stripey shirt, dirty lingerie and a bunch of other things. Thanks for them. I am forever beholden to you.

In an ideal world, I'd be working my arse off 14-15 hours 24/7. I may not have that vigor, zest for life that you're talking about but Im not lazy. For sure you know that. Im just in a bad situation, visa-wise. You offered to marry me, yes. I dint exactly decline but you have constantly given me reasons to reconsider and eventually ditch the idea. I simply lost interest in whatever we had.

Anyways, its been a month since I left. What has changed? I hope things are better now that Im gone.

LegacyUser

sprinklesspanky wrote: »

So I've had many "heart to hearts" with her. In the she always says "I'll get a job" but nothings ever done, no CV written no applications put in... days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months. I don't seem to be able to get through to her.

She has worked before, she managed a call center. No, she most certainly doesn't have the baby blues.

When she moved in with me it was to be a step towards independence and not a step back.

She's not using me, because all I am providing is a night out once a week (I'd do that any way), rent (it would be the same with or without her) and food (that is an additional cost but minimal €300 or €400 a month). Entertainment costs money, transporation, and bits here and there all in all she's probably costing me €600 per month but that €600 could be saved. I haven't spent any real big money on her, no gifts like jewerly or a car. What I am frustrated with is we have no savings and we're going financially nowhere. If she had a job and was able to chip in we could be saving for hard times, right now we have no parachute. We also can't buy things that we want (a bigger TV, holidays) and I can't buy things I want (musical equipment). I don't like living paycheck to paycheck as it's fiscally irresponsible and it's keeping me up at nights.

I want to motivate her to get a job, I have been nice and I have been direct. Whatever approch I am using is not working but she's not attacking the prospect of getting a job with any vigor.

I want her to have a can do attitude and get out there and start making it happen. The economy is horrible but even trying would make me feel better.

GET. THE ****. OUT.

I have been scouring the Internet for a month, for somebody else in the same boat as me, and yours is BY FAR the closest to the same situation I was in. Let me tell you how it ends, since I was just there.

How it will end, my friend, is that after years of busting your ass while she sits on hers, the following sequence will finally happen one time too many:

* You will nag her about getting a job.
* She will complain to her family that you keep nagging her to get a job.
* Her family will offer their full support because, hey, they can.
* They will, however, let her know that they are getting sick of hearing about it, and start asking, "Are you really happy?"
* She, in turn, will start asking herself that, more and more, and decide that no, she's not. The real reason she's not will likely have more to do with the fact that she doesn't like the situation she's in either, unless, my poor boy, unless, you have finally had it and actually yell at her, in which case she will take that little blank check of absolution as far as she can.
* Either way, she will finally decide that she is sick of the situation, and...

* SHE will leave YOU, at timing that suits her, not you.

Let me explain, as clearly as I can, exactly where you are right now, and boy oh boy had you better believe it. I sure as **** didn't, and I am so screwed right now I'm not even going to get into it.

Where you are, right now, is waiting for your relationship to end. That's it, that's all there is to it, that is where you are. You have one, and only one, choice to make, which results in these two options.

#1. You can think hard about what the next two or three months are going to be like for all other aspects of your life, pick the ideal time to get the hell out of this situation, schedule it, and leave. This, and only this, will minimize the amount of damage the breakup (pardon me, I meant to say inevitable breakup) you are heading for will do to the rest of your life. Hey, remember that? That whole your life thing? Yeah. It's kinda ****ed right now, huh? Do you want it more ****ed? Then take the only option that will let you avoid that.

#2. You can wait until you have an even more stressful event in your life-- say, the death of a close relative during a major deadline at work-- causes you to finally snap at her a little bit. You probably won't even realize you did it, unless you really yell. But "something else" will happen, it will probably be the result of additional stress on you, and all it's going to mean to her is that she's finally had it with the nagging. At this point, she will leave you, at what I can virtually guarantee will somehow wind up being the worst timing possible. Picture having to walk into your performance review the morning after a breakup. Picture having to explain something to a manger. Picture having to talk to a loan officer, or a parking officer, or a tax official, or anything. Anything stressful. It happens the day after the breakup, trust me, unless you take initiative and leave. Or better yet-- what do you think she will do the next time you lose a job and the finances get really stressful? You know what she will do-- she will leave.

Now. In your case, leaving is going to be problematic, because I expect yours is the only name on the lease. Guess what? You're both moving out. If you don't, various horrible things may happen:
* She may be able to force you to let her keep living there, and won't that be pleasant.
* She may trash your stuff while moving out. Even if she's the sweet type.
* Her friends may trash your stuff while moving out. This is really common.
* You can bet they will try to go through your stuff while moving out.

The way you want this to go is like this:

* Pick a date within the next few months. Think about it hard; you will eventually find a specific date that is clearly better than anything else in that window.
* Line up a new place, even if it's a dump. It probably will be, because you're going to have a hard time getting rent and a deposit. It's important to realize where you really are right now: your savings have been totally depleted. The cheaper it is, the better-- you'll be able to start putting some money back in the bank.
* Get the place paid for, and turn on the water and power, etc.
* If you can get a cheap storage unit somewhere, get one, though hopefully you won't need it for very long.
* Take the opportunity to look hard at your stuff and throw stuff you don't need out. Donate old clothes, etc. This will get your ex's (and start thinking of her like that) attention, and you will need an excuse. "It's just time to get rid of some of this crap" will be adequate. Make no mistake, from here on out she will be vaguely aware something is wrong, but you need to do this.
* Figure out where you can buy boxes nearby. I recommend office supply stores; the more standard-size file boxes you can buy, the better things will stack to the ceiling, which you may need to do.
* No more than a week from the day you're going to get the hell out, start talking to friends and tell them you're breaking up, but you need their help getting everything out of your place. Pick a day and a time. Let them know you're going to be very angry if they tell her, and you will find out.

* And now, the sad part. While she is at "work" at her sister's, you guys do a mad dash to get all your stuff into the new place and/or storage unit or your friends' places or ANYWHERE but get everything the hell out of the house. All of it. You're not coming back.

* Here's the part that's going to suck. This last day, you're going to have to stay in the apartment, after your stuff is out, waiting for her to come home. Now is when you're going to tell her that you've had it, you're through, and you're taking control of your life back. You let her know how much time she has left in the apartment, and make it clear that, because her name isn't on the lease, she doesn't have legal recourse to stay past that. This is going to go badly and/or sadly but when it's done, you get to walk out the door and have your life back. She, presumably, will move in with her sister (which is very possibly something her sister has been hoping for anyway), and she will get to decide if she really enjoys playing nanny more than having a real job after all.

You should leave her at least a week to get all her stuff out, but you don't owe her any more than that.

* DO NOT KISS, HUG, OR FOR GOD'S SAKE SLEEP WITH YOUR EX ON THE WAY OUT OF THE HOUSE. Just don't. This is going to completely suck for both of you but TRUST ME you do not want to do this, it makes things even worse in ways you would only understand after having been stupid enough to do it. DO NOT DO THAT.

Oh, and where am I? Well, let me tell you. Right now, I am writing this in a bedroom with no heat, with windows that don't seal when we've been having sub-freezing weather. That bedroom belongs to a friend who is letting me stay here while he is out of the country. Why am I here? Because my girlfriend, who for two years would not get a job, left me when I lost mine. Right after she finished her degree, coincidentally. How nice.

There's only two ways it ends: on your schedule, or on hers. You've already been used as a wallet. Do you really want to let her wipe her feet off on you on her way out the door?

Take some ****ing control of your life back.

Carrigart Exile

Unregistered wrote: »

So me and my girlfriend live together, and have been for the last few months. However, she's contributing nothing fnancially. She's paying no bills, rent, food or entertainment. She does pay, for the most part, for her own clothes and make up. However, about 6 months ago I was fired and althought I had another job quickly the wage was less. She does contrubute in other ways, the house is always clean and she does the laundry. I love her to pieces but it's really stressing me out that she won't get a job. I have been asking her for months.

When I say, "won't" I don't mean can't. She really has made no effort to get a job. She gets €100 from watching her sister's child 3 to 4 days a week but most of this gets spent on clothes. She says she can't get a job because she's obligated to watch her sister's child. Meanwhile her sister is getting super cheap child care and saving for a deposit on a new house. So basically, I am subsitidizing her sister's deposit that pisses me off because we're living pay check to paycheck.

With the economy the way it is, I have told her things could get really bad quick and if she's working all the money she makes could be saved away for a rainy day. Even a job in a chipper answering the phone would be grand. We've walked by tons of take-a-ways with adverts in the window. She hasn't even made up a C.V.! In the past she's applied for nany positions but when these people ask her to drop by for an interview she blows it off.

On top of all this she's really doing nothing with her life. She has no friends, she's not taking any courses and when she's not watching her sister's kid she's on eBay. She's nearly 30 and going nowhere.

Can anyone offer any ideas on how I can motivate her and improve both of our lives?

she can start by asking sister for a reasonable payment for watching the children

RoosterIllusion

As someone who has had money problems before I have to say that the reason she is spending the only money she earns on clothes is because your letting her.

Personally I would give her an ultimatum and then kick her out if that is not met. Imagine this situation as being one between you and a generic housemate instead of your girlfriend. It has the potential to put you under huge pressure so just end the situation before it turns into something big.

I'm not saying break up with her, but it is obvious living together in that context is only costing you money and brainwashing her into thinking that is reality.

NibNib

I am just thinking if this girl is obligated to look after her sister's child, why hasn't she any obligation to you, OP? She is spending her money on herself only, and if she gets the dole, the extra income doesn't necessary contribute to your expenditure... maybe contribute to that nice pair of shoes or that lovely coat just beyond her budget last week...

If she's near 30, she should be a responsible adult, or at least has some directions in life... Has she any thoughts about your future together?

I agree with others that she is taking you for a ride... Time to be firm and talk to her... I feel you deserve better.

Venom

Have to agree with Magicmarker in that you are being taking for a ride OP. The fact that you went to the hassle of posting in this forums show's your current situation is bad and is effecting you in a negitive way.

But one thing I dont understand is why your girlfriend is not even on the dole as that would double her income?

[Deleted User]

and there all in all she's probably costing me €600 per month but that €600 could be saved.

Why are you going on like it's ONLY 600 a month? That's a hell of a lot of money to spend on someone else.

OP you've got to draw a line in the sand. Also, she shold get the dole. That would add another €200 per week onto what she's already getting!

Eh no she shouldn't. She's perfectly capable of getting a job, if OP is happy to support her, fine, but I'm not happy to support some lazy woman who spends all her money on clothes while I'm getting taxed up the arse and working until 10pm every night.

She does contrubute in other ways, the house is always clean and she does the laundry.

Big deal. She should be doing her share of the housework anyway. Most people work 8 hours a day and then come home and cook and clean. She's majorly taking you for a ride.

Last year, I was getting emergency taxed for months, I had a full time job, but was only getting half my salary (which wasn't much anyway). My boyfriend was kind enough to let me live with him for a few months, as like you said, he'd have been paying the rent anyway. I still paid all the bills and gave him as much money towards his rent as I could after food costs, etc. I used to come home wrecked at 9pm after a full day and 1.5 hour commute and cook dinner for him. It was the least I could do. I wouldn't have had the NERVE to come in with shopping bags. I only bought the absolute essentials and even then I felt bad about not paying my way. This woman is an absolute sponge. No question about it.

[Jackass]

Unregistered wrote: »

Even a job in a chipper answering the phone would be grand.

What an odd job

Where is this chipper / receptionist service?

OP you've got to draw a line in the sand. Also, she shold get the dole. That would add another €200 per week onto what she's already getting!

Although I'm suggesting the dole, what a sponge!! Tell her to get down the pizza place straight away and start typing up a CV and get her arse in gear!!

You would also want to ask serious questions about is this the type of person you want to spend the rest of you life with? No doubt if she had a kid of her own, or any semi-valid reason, she would NEVER work and there's nothing you could do about it. Do you really want to pay the way for 3+ people in this world on your own?

MagicMarker

Not to mention the fact that she does actually earn 100 euro a week but spends 'most of it' on clothes:rolleyes:

Why doesn't she give half to you OP, that's 200 euro a month right there that will pay for her share of the food.

How anyone can deny that she's using you when she spends all of her money (and A LOT more than is generally acceptable even for those with jobs ) on clothes is beyond me. I'm not saying she doesn't care for you, but she has absolutely no respect for you.

Motley Crue

Unregistered wrote: »

So me and my girlfriend live together, and have been for the last few months. However, she's contributing nothing fnancially. She's paying no bills, rent, food or entertainment.

Unacceptable. She should be at least paying for one of these basic things and even if she cannot afford all the rent, which should really be insisted upon, then I would ask that she pay for some of the food

Unregistered wrote: »

She does pay, for the most part, for her own clothes and make up.

Do you mean that your allowing her to take money from you for her food, her half of the rent, her entertainment and for a portion of her clothes! Stop this bull**** now

Unregistered wrote: »

She does contrubute in other ways, the house is always clean and she does the laundry.

Thats what its supposed to be. Me and my girlfriend split the duties in the flat and its always clean but that doesnt excuse either of us from paying for either the food or rent bills. This girl is taking advantage.

Unregistered wrote: »

When I say, "won't" I don't mean can't. She really has made no effort to get a job.

Then you must draw the line and tell her to get a job. What have you got to loose, if anything, you will gain the extra money from not paying for her food, a portion of her clothes and for her entertainment and will be able to live more comfortably.

peanuthead

OP, did she ever work in all the time you have met her? How long you guys together? How long she out of work?

Curlypinkie

She's not in a respectful, equal relationship with you. She has found a sugardaddy.
Ultimatum time, me thinks.

peanuthead

Unregistered wrote: »

I have a two bedroom and sub-let one of the rooms to a lodger. Our out of pocket rent is €800 per month, so technically it would be €400 each but, again, I'd have to pay the same if she wasn't living with me.

Oh, okay. You could maybe voice your concern to her that your outgoings are alot. Even if theyre not, it doesnt matter. I know its like lying to her, but short of saying "Get a fucking job I dont know what else to do." Mean as it sounds, bar the rent I would try give her as little as possible. But instead of saying "you're not getting any of this" be more like "we are going to have to cut back on things like this..." be sensitive but firm.

LegacyUser

peanuthead wrote: »

I dont think you should do this either.

First things first, stop subsidizing her sisters deposit for a house. I know how easy it is if you OH is struggling with money to just give her some and pay for things. But you need to show her that its not going to work.

You need to make her realise that having no money has certain consequences. Now it will be hard on you for a while too, but for now, no cinema, going out for a drink, brand named foods, dinner out etc... because "we just can't afford it dear" She will soon rethink her choice then.

As a matter of interest where are you guys living at the moment? With parents/ apart/ renting?

I have a two bedroom and sub-let one of the rooms to a lodger. Our out of pocket rent is €800 per month, so technically it would be €400 each but, again, I'd have to pay the same if she wasn't living with me.

peanuthead

MagicMarker wrote: »

And you think she's not using you?.......... Seriously?

no im sorry, thats crap. it does not mean she is using him,

OP your gf is almost 30 and has been out of a job for a while and has no friends. Starting a new job is bound to be a very frightening experience for her. And although she needs to do it, if not for anything else, for her own sense of pride, you throwing accusations and ultimatums at her are going to have an undesired effect.

She obviously appreciates what you do, she keeps the house clean at least! But she does need to get out there. She started off lazy and has now got stuck in a rut. However this will be hard for her and she will need your support.

peanuthead

sprinklesspanky wrote: »

Very true, but I am not ready to give an ultimatum and I find they can be counter-productive.

I dont think you should do this either.

First things first, stop subsidizing her sisters deposit for a house. I know how easy it is if you OH is struggling with money to just give her some and pay for things. But you need to show her that its not going to work.

You need to make her realise that having no money has certain consequences. Now it will be hard on you for a while too, but for now, no cinema, going out for a drink, brand named foods, dinner out etc... because "we just can't afford it dear" She will soon rethink her choice then.

As a matter of interest where are you guys living at the moment? With parents/ apart/ renting?

tbh

sprinklesspanky wrote: »

Very true, but I am not ready to give an ultimatum and I find they can be counter-productive.

It would be one thing if she was on the dole, at least that would be some sort of money coming in.

that's fine, but then there's no point being pissed off at her. If you're not willing to do anything about it, why should she?

MagicMarker

sprinklesspanky wrote: »

all in all she's probably costing me €600 per month

So you spend 600 a month on her, as well as (i assume) a couple of hundred on her half of the rent she SHOULD be paying.

And you think she's not using you?.......... Seriously?

Wow, i didn't realise love could be so stupidly blind!

You're being taken for a ride my friend. Whether you want to believe it or not.

Dave!

Beruthiel wrote: »

I personally wouldn't and couldn't live with someone who wasn't pulling their equal share of the weight.
They would be told in no uncertain terms that they either do so or walk because I'm not working my ass off for two people.
Tell her straight.

This is the answer. Ultimatum time. I can't stand people who take advantage like this.

sprinklesspanky

tbh wrote: »

she's not going to change unless she wants to. You're not going to be able to deal with her unless she changes. So, if I were in your shoes, I would sit her down and say "look, it's very important for me that you are earning. I find myself losing respect for you just sitting around doing nothing, and I can't go out with a girl I don't respect. You're perfectly entitled to carry on living your life the way you are now, but you should know that I won't be a part of it any more if you do". And then, whatever she says, you should respect it.

It's important that you talk about this. I don't know if you have already or not. I can understand that you are angry about this,and probably getting angrier all the time as you have arguments with her in your head but for all you know, maybe she's just waiting for a couple of months before she does x,y,z. Probably not, like, but you should establish that first.

Like I say, she's perfectly entitled to live her life this way. But maybe she would feel that she would rather get a job than lose you. You won't know until you ask her, but you should be prepared to leave if she doesn't want to change. If she doesn't want to change, then it's down to you to see if you can accept her as she is or not.

Very true, but I am not ready to give an ultimatum and I find they can be counter-productive.

It would be one thing if she was on the dole, at least that would be some sort of money coming in.

sprinklesspanky

justamilk wrote: »

You say she's really tried to get a job but she hasnt even made up a CV. I think the first thing to do is to sit down with her and help her to make one and help her post it on some internet job sites, iv had great success with callbacks from doing this.

Id also try and talk to her sister, let her know that the 4 days of childminding a week is really hindering your girlfriends chances of finding a career. She should be encouraging her to get a job.

I meant to say, she really hasn't tried. No effort whatsoever really.

sprinklesspanky

So I've had many "heart to hearts" with her. In the she always says "I'll get a job" but nothings ever done, no CV written no applications put in... days turn into weeks and weeks turn into months. I don't seem to be able to get through to her.

She has worked before, she managed a call center. No, she most certainly doesn't have the baby blues.

When she moved in with me it was to be a step towards independence and not a step back.

She's not using me, because all I am providing is a night out once a week (I'd do that any way), rent (it would be the same with or without her) and food (that is an additional cost but minimal €300 or €400 a month). Entertainment costs money, transporation, and bits here and there all in all she's probably costing me €600 per month but that €600 could be saved. I haven't spent any real big money on her, no gifts like jewerly or a car. What I am frustrated with is we have no savings and we're going financially nowhere. If she had a job and was able to chip in we could be saving for hard times, right now we have no parachute. We also can't buy things that we want (a bigger TV, holidays) and I can't buy things I want (musical equipment). I don't like living paycheck to paycheck as it's fiscally irresponsible and it's keeping me up at nights.

I want to motivate her to get a job, I have been nice and I have been direct. Whatever approch I am using is not working but she's not attacking the prospect of getting a job with any vigor.

I want her to have a can do attitude and get out there and start making it happen. The economy is horrible but even trying would make me feel better.

MagicMarker

She's not depressed, she may be lazy, but one things for sure, she's a leech sucking you dry.

She is totally using you man, why would she get a job when you pay for EVERYTHING, she has it made!

It amazes me how some people allow others to just take complete advantage, especially when it's so obvious.

Personally, i think you should grow a pair and get rid of her ASAP.

Beruthiel

I personally wouldn't and couldn't live with someone who wasn't pulling their equal share of the weight.
They would be told in no uncertain terms that they either do so or walk because I'm not working my ass off for two people.
Tell her straight.

LegacyUser

You knew this before you moved in with her so why did you move in with you? By doing this you were accepting the situation as it stood at that time which is the same as it is now.

justamilk

You say she's really tried to get a job but she hasnt even made up a CV. I think the first thing to do is to sit down with her and help her to make one and help her post it on some internet job sites, iv had great success with callbacks from doing this.

Id also try and talk to her sister, let her know that the 4 days of childminding a week is really hindering your girlfriends chances of finding a career. She should be encouraging her to get a job.

LegacyUser

I was in a similar situation with an ex a number of years ago. He was unemployed and depressed and in the sort of state that he had no motivation whatsoever and just couldn't see a way out of it.

I eventually told him (very lovingly) that I couldn't take the responsibility of support the two of us on my salary and that the worry about money and the burden was stressing me out constantly. You need to do the same - make her see that her actions (or lack thereof) are making you suffer (suffering being stressing, worrying, etc. etc.) and hopefully because she loves you, seeing how upset/worried/stressed you are over it will motivate her.

Best of luck.