But her husband, who works near downtown Dallas, has paid the price.

Her husband worked and paid taxes, but he died some years ago.

A prospective husband paid money or offered land for a woman's hand in marriage.

She would also collect the $329 a month that her former husband is paying in child support.

She and her husband, the head of a local community center, paid about $30,000 for the house.

At the same time, her former husband could not pay child support, she said, because the recession killed the small business he ran.

This is because the new husband must pay double if he wants her.

At the time, she and her husband paid $20,000 for their home.

If it seems husband or children are paying a high price for the caring in other ways this is difficult.

My husband paid $30 a day to join us for dinner.