Something Essential Has to Happen Before Our Baby Comes. My Husband Outright Refuses.

Pay Dirt July 29, 20266:00 AM Photo illustration by Slate. Photo by lolostock/Getty Images Plus. Pay Dirt is Slate’s money advice column. Have a question? Send it to Kristin and Ilyce here. (It’s anonymous!) Dear Pay Dirt, My partner and I are pregnant with our second child, due in five months. Our oldest is about to turn 5. We bought our house about two years ago, and have a never-ending list of projects. But there’s one project I desperately want to finish before the baby comes. We have a bunch of vinyl flooring we bought when we moved in to replace the carpet. Some was just aesthetic, and some (like in the basement, where the former owner put carpet over a completely unsealed cement) is more structural. For me, finishing this project is my highest priority before the baby comes. I think