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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We moved for DH’s job and after a few temporary consulting jobs (not in DC), one while I was pregnant, I never got another after I had my child. Naturally DH used me being at home to ramp up his career and then began chasing promotions. I tried to go back to work but he always had a reason that he wouldn’t support it- he needed to travel more and couldn’t help with childcare, he was making so much money it wasn’t worth it, etc. Eventually I stopped getting nibbles for jobs so I focused on volunteer board work while raising our DC and doing all the work at home and parenting and accepted that his salary was more than enough to support us forever.

I have a t5 MBA and an undergrad ivy degree, which if anything are working against me because I’m old and irrelevant to the job market.

But DH has had a mental health break of some kid and has turned on us. I have a lawyer, and my DC will have enough money but I will only have long-term retirement savings and enough to live on for ~3 years. I desperately need a new start on a career so I have enough money to survive and not burden DC in my old age. I’m 46.

Where do I start? My former colleagues and friends from grad school and volunteering have said all of the right things, but my experience and age are limiting.[/quote]

This is the plot of The Good Wife. [/quote]

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