I knew a couple of "struggling single mothers". One stands out in particular. She had a husband and 2 kids. She decided to divorce him for some bullshit reason. No violence or drugs or alcohol involved, she just didn't like that he thought she belonged to him.

She got the house, the car and the kids. With her social services job, she could not afford the house (taxes) the car or the kids. She had to start cashing in her RRSPs and the rest.

She had it all and threw it away for bullshit reasons.