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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How did your spouse help support you? My husband lost his job and it's hitting him really, really hard. He's early 50s and he has never faced total unemployment before. Contacts/his network is coming up empty. I suspect this will be a tough road.

We've built a great life together but things are looking so damn bleak right now. Our kids still have a long way to go before college. My current job is flexible but doesn't offer benefits so I'm applying to everything I can. Beyond the actionable steps, like cutting costs, searching for a better job for myself etc., how do I emotionally support my husband when I'm trying to hold back tears 24/7?

Give me advice, hopeful stories or just good vibes and prayers, I'll take it all.

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BTW he should be job hunting 12 hours a day minimum. He is like milk on a hot day sitting on the counter at his age.

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Oh shut up.  Spending a greater number of hours doesn't mean that he will find a job--there are diminishing returns to scale.

OP, I'm sorry this has happened to your spouse. I think you can encourage your spouse to think more flexibly about what works for him at this age and level of experience.  My DOGEd spouse found a consulting gig, and while we miss the stability of a government salary, short term engagements can be interesting. [/quote]

There is ZERO diminishing values of scale if actually looking. And yes if I wanted to stay in my current field, not relocate, only use my network I could only job hunt at most a few hours a day. A real job hunt which I was forced to do is ENTIRE USA and if that fails entire WORLD. That does take 12 hours a day minimum.

I relocated whole family to a new state after a 8 month search of 12 hours a day that was a great job but everything has a shelf life. Then next search I did whole world search and in Europe I hit it big on two jobs both remote in US.

Never got a job in my location through my connections. Well first of all if a real job existed my connections would take it for themselves.   [/quote]

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