PLANNED · FINANCIAL
Two-Household Cost Calculator
Compare housing, insurance, transportation, childcare, debt, benefits, and moving costs using your own numbers. Separate known expenses from estimates.
Sometimes staying is costly. Sometimes leaving is costly. Sometimes neither choice is safe or simple. This space is for understanding the practical realities—not for telling anyone what to do.
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Practical tools
Our first tools are being researched, not yet released. We won't present a hypothetical calculation as a reliable personal answer.
PLANNED · CHOICES
The Cost of Staying
A private, non-scored worksheet for what is difficult to put into dollars: safety, time, health, responsibilities, and personal autonomy. No algorithm decides for you.
PLANNED · NEXT STEP
One Step Today
When everything feels overwhelming, a small menu of low-pressure options: information, support, rest, or speaking with a trusted person. No diagnosis or pressure to act.
PLANNED · LOCAL HELP
Help Without Guesswork
Find verified support resources for financial advice, housing, mental health, legal aid, and abuse. Safety-critical support will link to established specialists, not untested AI counseling.
Help when the situation is serious
U.S. resources. You do not need to decide whether to leave a relationship before seeking information or support.
ABUSE / COERCIVE CONTROL
National Domestic Violence Hotline
Call 800-799-7233 · Text START to 88788. Trained advocates can discuss safety and options.
DEPRESSION / EMOTIONAL CRISIS
988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline
Call or text 988 for free, confidential, 24/7 crisis and emotional-distress support in the United States.
MENTAL HEALTH / TREATMENT
Find professional support
FindTreatment.gov helps people locate mental-health and substance-use treatment. SAMHSA's referral line: 800-662-4357.
IMMEDIATE DANGER
Emergency assistance
If you or someone else is in immediate danger in the U.S., call 911 if it is safe to do so. If possible, seek a safer location and contact a qualified local service.
News, research & real-world costs
Coming soon: carefully sourced reporting on housing affordability, financial dependence, emotional well-being, family law, coercive control, and the real costs of two households. Source publication dates will remain distinct from our editorial update dates.
EDITORIAL STANDARD
Evidence before conclusions
Research findings, survey claims, policy changes, and first-person experiences need different treatment. We will not turn limited surveys into estimates for every family, or present relationship advice as universally safe.
What STUCK.CENTER is—and isn't
STUCK.CENTER is an independent information and user-interface research project from Useless Instruments. It does not provide emergency response, therapy, diagnoses, legal advice, or individually tailored financial advice. Calculators, when released, will be educational estimates, not decisions or guarantees. Local laws and personal safety circumstances vary.
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