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NNadir

(35,589 posts) Fri Mar 14, 2025, 11:07 AM Mar 14

My wife is greater than 90% likely to be furloughed if CR doesn't pass. [View all]

Nevertheless she agreed with me that it should not pass.

I am proud to have had the privilege of loving her all these decades.

Our country is more important to her, and to me, than our personal well being. After all, there are people who died to defend our country when it was a democracy.

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My wife is greater than 90% likely to be furloughed if CR doesn't pass. [View all] NNadir Mar 14 OP

I'm sure this is a really stressful time in your house. MontanaMama Mar 14 #1

It's nowhere near as stressful as it would have been when our kids were small... NNadir Mar 14 #2

Are you a man? 80-10-10 Mar 14 #3

Yes, but why would that matter? Any human being should be outraged. NNadir Mar 14 #4

When you said your wife 80-10-10 Mar 14 #20

WTF kinda question is that? NotHardly Mar 14 #6

Trolling JoseBalow Mar 14 #11

I have a high degree of certainty this is Eleanor Abernathy MD JD Brother Buzz Mar 14 #14

They're not very friendly. I welcomed them after their first post and GP6971 Mar 14 #17

She definitely displays antisocial behavior without her "medication" Brother Buzz Mar 14 #18

You know, it would be so nice 80-10-10 Mar 14 #22

Are you? Swede Mar 14 #7

Thank you NNadir, and your wife! "We shall overcome" by being strong and unbending which may require many of KPN Mar 14 #5

Thank you both! Passages Mar 14 #8

Are you in a dual income household? nt LexVegas Mar 14 #9

Yes we are. But my job is also in science. I've already... NNadir Mar 14 #10

If people are furloughed due to a shut down, aren't they usually eligible for back pay? MichMan Mar 14 #12

I don't know but may find out. We are assuming that "furlough" may evolve into layoff or dismissal NNadir Mar 14 #13

I misunderstood MichMan Mar 14 #16

I am the only person in my immediate family who is not in academia. NNadir Mar 14 #19

I'm sorry NNadir JMCKUSICK Mar 14 #15

Sorry to hear that. I guess I'm one of those people the WSJ would call a "Lucky Duck" ... eppur_se_muova Mar 14 #21