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OldBaldy1701E

(5,117 posts)
Mon Mar 30, 2020, 03:57 PM Mar 2020

Well, that settles it.

My beloved honey was just fired from his mid-level job that was our only real source of income. I have not worked in 7 years now due to all kinds of physical and mental issues, and now he is also unemployed. There was no warning about this, as his position seemed like it was too necessary. Joke's on us! The irony is that I was actually trying to get help. Help... what a joke in this climate. We are facing a real chance of seeing a Mad Max-style scenario. People like me are doomed. Hold your loved ones close. Stay safe. You younger folks hang in there. Looks like you will be inheriting this mess a lot sooner than you may have thought.

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Well, that settles it. (Original Post) OldBaldy1701E Mar 2020 OP
Your honey needs to apply for unemployment benefits. In_The_Wind Mar 2020 #1
Precisely Sherman A1 Mar 2020 #4
You mean from the Federal Government? OldBaldy1701E Mar 2020 #5
I'll bet he doesn't feel that way. He might need you. The Velveteen Ocelot Mar 2020 #6
Last time I collected benefits, it was based on my earnings. Not ... In_The_Wind Mar 2020 #7
Unemployment is state run...not federal...nt Wounded Bear Mar 2020 #8
We can do this. gibraltar72 Mar 2020 #2
! Me. Mar 2020 #3

OldBaldy1701E

(5,117 posts)
5. You mean from the Federal Government?
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:03 AM
Mar 2020

The one run by psychopaths? The one that is being hit with applications from the majority of the population? Well, he is going to be doing that. However, he will be much better off if I remove myself from the equation. After a lifetime of failure, my presence would only be an undue burden. I have nothing left. He has a future. I now doubt I ever did...

The Velveteen Ocelot

(115,674 posts)
6. I'll bet he doesn't feel that way. He might need you.
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 12:10 AM
Mar 2020

You have value, no matter how bad things may seem. Talk to someone? You have a future, too.

In_The_Wind

(72,300 posts)
7. Last time I collected benefits, it was based on my earnings. Not ...
Tue Mar 31, 2020, 07:10 AM
Mar 2020

on the members in my household.

Stay living right where you are. Your Honey needs you too.

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