Hey, @minismallholding.

She definitely did. Even though she has several years on me, I've always looked older than her. Now, she's finally caught up. :)

Well, that was us, too. She was mostly home with the boys for most of our marriage, then only went back after my newspaper business dried up. She's been the primary wage earner since, so about six years now.

I feel your husband's pain. Corporate life was never something I wanted. Generally the salary and benefits are good, but the hours and expectations generally aren't. Hard to have the best of both worlds in such cases. You mention welfare payments, though, so it sounds like, as you say, your husband has plenty to question.

My mother managed to get back into the workforce after I was out of the house, so she would have been in the latter part of her 40s. That might still be young enough but I get the idea it was still amazing, since she managed to take a temp job and turn into full-time permanent until they closed that location.

My wife wants me to get something else since I keep getting laid off in the current job due to the state's COVID-19 restrictions. Otherwise, I'd be working. Problem is, I'm not sure what that would be that isn't somehow impacted. But at any rate, I'll need to try to find something. Hopefully, the year and a half of recent employment I have (giver or take a few months because of the layoffs) will be enough to hop to the next job, since I'm turning 55 this year and will have to deal with similar circumstances as you have.