He had jobs and didn't. It's hard to keep a job when you sleep in an icy tent, can't eat most days, and don't have reliable access to showers. Ha.

But he's had one job for several months now and so have I, so that's been helpful! It's just that he had to move locations so I gave him my position (we were at the same company but different offices), so now we're both switching jobs and both jobs are taking their sweet, sweet time getting us in. That's really the biggest source of stress, although there's also the problem of both of us having debts to pay of, most of which fall before the next time we're likely to get paid at this rate. :/ The good news is that the job situation is going to be resolved soon, the bad news is that it's not soon enough for me to really feel good about it.

Anyway, I didn't really think about it in terms of how he can help reduce the stress. The job thing is the obvious one, but he's already doing all he can with that. I think that letting me just vent to him about my problems more often would be nice. Sometimes I just want to bitch about how frustrated I am with my lack of money, but when I try to do that he tells me he doesn't want to talk about it. So I feel like I'm bearing that burden alone, turning a stressful situation into a nearly unbearable one for me! I also think that he could take some of the heat off me as far as the sexual issues go. I don't want him to stop trying to have sex with me or anything, but I'd be really happy if he would put some effort into showing me that he supports me emotionally before going for sex, so I don't have to feel used or ignored. Some more romantic foreplay could be nice, too, I think. It's so fucking cliche, but maybe a backrub or a bath together would put my mind in the relaxed, romantic, loving mood instead of the constant libido-killing stress that I have. I'll think about this angle some more and bring it up to him, thanks!