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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Sorry, OP, but I don't feel bad.  This is a conscious choice you made, to give up your career and be supported by your husband, and you are now perceived as always putting career on the back burner.  PTSA and HOA simply don't translate to the real world.[/quote]

^^ burned by the ex-wife for alimony,  are ya?[/quote]

Eh, I am the happily married wife of a federal employee who worked part-time for several years to avoid the situation in which OP now finds herself.

This is, in fact, the perception. You can be sweet and encouraging, but that won't help anything.

Stop telling even yourself that you're "willing" to start at the bottom. You see now that you will be lucky to get a job at the bottom, and you need to own that and make sure employers know that you are ready (not willing) to work. Volunteer work is great, but it essentially doesn't count. If I were you, I'd take classes at community college and a job at retail. Show you're ready, gain some marketable skills. Then you will be a more attractive candidate.[/quote]

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