This had me giggling a few times! Ah, the 80s and the days of itchy sweaters! 😆 Your wife certainly made both sweater and the 80s look more glamorous than most back then and is still looking pretty glam on the beach. I could only dream of ageing that well! 🤣
Looking back I don't think many of us are ever happy with how the career side of things went. It rarely ends up being what we thought it would even if it works out how we planned it. Hubby's worked his way up into high level management and wonders what it was all for. I've been relatively lucky in that we've managed to get by on one wage while I raised or girls, but now I don't know if I could ever cope in the workforce again, assuming anyone would even take me after so long out of the workforce. I did have to apply for work recently when we ended up on welfare payments and had absolutely no response from anywhere. Unskilled work often goes to younger people, because they can pay them less.
Ah well, so life goes on.
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.