Is a homemaker an occupation?
Is a homemaker an occupation?
a person who manages the household of his or her own family, especially as a principal occupation.
How long has my husband been unemployed for?
Ms. Y (not her real name) came in the other day and said, “My husband has been unemployed for over two years. Over two years. Over—two—years! I say it, dumbfounded, because at some point every day, I realize that I can’t believe how long it’s been.
Is the unemployment rate a downright monster?
Unemployment is a downright monster. Most often, we see a lot of support for the unemployed person who is building his or her resume, interviewing, networking, staying busy, and being positive. I certainly hope and pray that our economy improves soon and each unemployed person finds work that is fulfilling in both meaning and income.
Is it time to take care of your unemployed partner?
Partners, it is indeed time to take care of you. You deserve it. You have done an amazing job of standing by your unemployed person’s side despite the mental, physical, and spiritual turmoil that unemployment puts everyone through.
Why are so many people thrown aside by unemployment?
Often, their emotional needs involuntarily get thrown aside because of the attitude that “unemployment isn’t happening to you, it’s happening to the unemployed.”
Ms. Y (not her real name) came in the other day and said, “My husband has been unemployed for over two years. Over two years. Over—two—years! I say it, dumbfounded, because at some point every day, I realize that I can’t believe how long it’s been.
How does Emily feel about her husband being unemployed?
She told me, “At the same time, it’s killing me inside because I can’t tell him what I think and have to put on this smiley, brave face when that’s not how I feel.” Brian agreed he was feeling down, but Brian didn’t know about the work Emily was doing to mask her real concern.
When does a man’s unemployed, his wife bears the emotional costs?
That way, if he didn’t get the job, it wouldn’t mean that he wasn’t a valuable candidate or a worthy worker. The “self-focused emotion work” is about suppressing a wife’s own emotions and not allowing her husband to see that she’s concerned because she’s worried how her husband would take that.
How to cope when your spouse is unemployed?
All this weighs heavily on both partners, especially the one who feels most responsible to ‘win the bread.” (Sandra Lundberg, from the book, The First Five Years of Marriage) Coping when your spouse is unemployed can be difficult for any married partners.