And "she's not happy?" Well, who'd of thunk. Also, has it even occurred to any of these jaspers (expecting patriarchal privilege, but loudly, peevishly, rejecting patriarchy's responsibilities) "not happy" could be translated as the reasons (usually more than one) for the divorce being, frankly, "nobody else's dern business." Uhm, maybe, just maybe, she's too embarrassed to let anyone know - after 20-some years, finally figuring out....after having happened upon, when she had left her phone at work, and needed to make a call. Just another picure of a barely legal babe in a teddy. Ya know, just another little thing; can't prove adultery, but the cutsie little pic and caption was finally enough for her to get a freaking clue, into that pretty little thick head of hers.
As for the 40-something housewife, who "doesn't work," two to four years to get schooling, and on her feet...yeah, right. With no, or outdated, education, or minimal work experience (as a waitresss, back in 05) she's about hit the wall. A similar wall comes a decade later for men; the company merges, or takes a dump - and early 50s-frank is pounding a rough pavement.
Employers prefer to hire and promote young people. Even so, many get through school, with half decent grades, but end up having to settle for a 40k job - one that hardly pays the rent, while affording reliable transportation - let alone, the school loan. Oh, just a starting wage? (Meanwhile, the beeoch can take the bus.) Talk to the guys, at a certain warehouse, who were told, they'd be getting permanent status, and benefits - they had been fed that line, for over three years. Better to be 40-something with a temp job and a single rented room, than no job and sleeping in your truck.
Jasper, did you not get the email? It's a freaking shark show out there. Want that $1.39 hourly raise? Competition is keen - very. Truth is: put an armed man and an armed women in a shark tank, and guess which one is likely to come away profiling a victory backstroke. If woman's "failure" to slay that shark is cause to, basically write her off as incompetent, pathetic, kindly take up your royal (pain in the buffalo) decree - of what you think is best, how things ought to roll. Present your widdle podcast - with the (purchased) 500,000 (bot) followers - to the Lord...good luck ;/
Stuck in starting wages? Happens - see end of 1st paragraph. Forget about retirement savings, for the foreseeable future - closer to 50, than 40, time is drawing short. Low-risk investments take way longer to yield, than do higher risk - which can, and do, go ghost. At 60-something, life changes. Grampa retired at 62, because he could well afford it; grandma retired at 62 because working full-time, then coming home to the second shift...was wearing her out. She, by the way, had earned her wages as a ledger analyst, not at some typing pool grind.
Typically, jasper was going on about alimony. Translated: he wants the laws to support consequence free, at-will, divorce - hire then fire, turn around and do it again (wondering why "females" cop attitudes...anyone?). What was almost funny was his use of boss-gal talking points - pee-u, the b.s. was ripe. What he had, so conveniently, left out was: had the ex-wife brought in the 120k, and he the 60k, guess who would be shelling out alimony payments.
the red pills all lecturing us are rich, on the podcast, or sold out controlled opp theatre show. Never talk about the realities of the job market. Its one reason I never could vote Republican and loathe both parties. Husband hasn't had a normal job since 2007. So yeah many of us living what you are talking about. He's in there doing transcription.
ReplyDeleteOr, like Kevin Cardboard Samuels, perhaps fake rich - there was a story going around of him keeping a length of cardboard in his trunk; an oil leak in his fancy car. His landlady didn't want stains on her driveway.
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