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Yes thats a downer title to a thread. I just wanted to say that the last 3 and 1/2 years were the hardest of my life. Its fucking hard to take when you are supposed to be the bread winner and you lose your job and can't get one that meets your needs. It seems I have another chance to make things right, not sure yet its going to get better, but I am going to try my best.
Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Hang in there. I hope it gets better for all of you quickly.
Anansi1171
(793 posts)...please pray for my family in me!
Squinch
(50,955 posts)I am sorry you have been having such a hard time.
Keep us posted on how it's going.
Uben
(7,719 posts)What else is there? If you give up, you lose. You may lose anyway, but the only way to succeed is to try. I was laid-off twice back in the eighties. My oldest daughter was born the same week I was laid off the first time. My youngest was born the week I was laid off the second time. Bad timing I guess. But, I found new jobs both times in less than a year, so isn't even close to what you are enduring.
I was a gearing machinist. Not many of us around, so they came looking for me, it just took a little time.
I managed to persevere. It got better....slowly. I hope you do too!
Cryptoad
(8,254 posts)"Again I looked throughout the earth and saw that the swiftest person does not always win the race, nor the strongest man the battle, and that wise men are often poor, and skillful men are not necessarily famous; but it is all by chance, by happening to be at the right place at the right time. A man never knows when he is going to run into bad luck. He is like a fish caught in a net, or a bird caught in a snare."
Ecclesiastes 9: 11-12
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Life is hard .... and eventually you do die .... but, there is "stuff" in between that makes it all worthwhile
Moostache
(9,895 posts)Good luck with a fresh start and second chance...may the winds of change blow gently on your back!
PatrickforO
(14,576 posts)IrishAyes
(6,151 posts)hand to mouth but rather boom or bust, so where the next dollar was coming from ruled my life back then. Yes, I'm retired now, older and much closer to my expiration date. But even the fact that I have fewer years left to live doesn't change the fact that NOW is the happiest time of my life selfishly speaking because at least I have a measure of safety now. Career Years can be such a head kicker that I don't envy those still involved. Best of luck to you.
Aldo Leopold
(685 posts)in closing some of his more meaningful letters to fans and other writers,
"Hold"