I don’t know what else to do. I don’t know why I’m posting on here even. DH lost his job 3 months ago. The company didn’t want to keep him so engineered a reason to sack him. He appealed and the company upheld their decision. He did a subject access request to go to tribunal and emails were sent to him that showed that the company were doing all they could to get rid of him without his notice pay. The HR company recommended after the appeal that his contract be terminated with pay but the company fought them back and in the end the decision was changed. We will go to tribunal as CAB and several solicitors have said he has a good case even without these emails but that could take months.
He’s spent every minute applying for jobs since and he has got nowhere. He had a few initial discussions a few weeks ago which sounded great but came to nothing and a big interview yesterday that we spent hours and hours preparing a presentation for. It was a great, well thought out presentation and he always presents well but they gave the job to someone else as they felt they were a better fit. It’s not their fault of course, they have to do what’s right for them and they don’t know how bad things are for us but we’re desperate!
We’ve been able to borrow 2 months wages from DH’s parents and are so grateful but we can’t ask for any more. So at the end of this month we’re fucked. My wages don’t pay all the bills and we can forget eating! We haven’t told DS how bad things are yet but we’re going to have to tell him we have nothing.
DH’s mental health is on the floor, he’s so low and feels worthless. Whenever he isn’t applying for jobs, he just sleeps constantly. He’s gone from being so well respected and successful in his job before this one to being sacked and having absolutely nothing.
I just want it all to be over. I’m sick of pretending to be ok for DH when I’m not and I don’t know how I’m going to feed our child next month. He just said even though it’s shot we need to try to enjoy my birthday this weekend, but I couldn’t give a shit about it. I just want to go to sleep and never wake up. I would if it wasn’t for DS and our dog. I’m trying not to cry infront of DH so I’m hiding in the toilet but I know he’s been crying too because of his eyes. I’m on sertraline so I usually can’t cry but today just feels like the end.