- Date posted
- 39w
Advice/Guidance - Marital/Job-related
Confused at best. Hoping someone else can share to give a little hope or advice? Here’s the deal. 2 years ago my husband found himself unemployed for a second time in a 2-year span. Both of his terminations were due to budget cuts/post-COVID restructuring. While I was able to sustain our family of five and had initially encouraged him to take his time a year ago we were at a cross-roads and I really needed him to apply more actively and in an in-person role if he was able (versus the remote roles he was solely applying for) Fast forward a year later, he’s still unemployed. He’s worked with unemployment agencies, has upgraded his job profile and resume on social media multiple times. I’ve offered my support emotionally, professionally, financially. Every path seems to lead to disappointment and it brings his spirits down further. I ask him what he’s applying for and try to see if I can help and he just yells at me or threatens to leave to go to his parent’s house. He’s accused me of being “bougie”, materialistic, etc. during this process and says I will never be happy with him. I’m embarrassed to admit I’m reaching the end of my rope with it, as I truly feel if I were in this position I would take a role immediately available (McDonald’s, etc) to provide for the family. During this process I have stepped up to even take a second role outside of my normal demanding corporate management job just to ensure we do not fall behind on our mortgage and bills. He seems to not really give too much during this time and hasn’t really offered to step up the chores at home (laundry, etc) and spends most of his days from 9pm-4am on video games, but blames our newborn son for his “sleeplessness”. I’ve calmly offered therapy sessions, have talked to him calmly and he just seems to not get it. Any guidance here?