I'm currently going through this situation. My husband went off to graduate school and I stayed behind to work (we need money to pay for school) and finish my own degree. It was a very hard descision but one that made sense. Due to his layoff and not being able to find work going back to school was a "restart" button on his life and career. Honestly, the hardest thing (and scariest to me) is that I don't want us to have seperate lives. I have heard both stories or those who make and those who do not. Although it's very hard and not ideal sometimes the little sacrifices we have to make are for the better and bigger picture (so I tell myself).