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DP redundant and I want to scream

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serenityfair · 16/03/2015 14:09

DP was made redundant last week. It's the third time in 5 years. He didn't much like the job so he's glad to be out of it. He had only been doing it for just over a year so no payment. Last period of unemployment which lasted for 6 months had a bad impact on our relationship from my point of view - he dossed around 'looking for a job' while I worked & did all housework & all childcare etc to enable him to be free to do anything he needed to find a job. I felt pretty resentful then and I am not going to do that again.
I work part time but managed to get an extra shift this morning. I came home to find him sitting in front of the computer in a darkened room, says he sent a few e-mails and watched a bit of TV and was surprised that I was back so early. He's being very evasive.
If I wasn't fed up, I'd advise myself to 'cut the man some slack, he's just lost his job' but he's just gone off on a minor errand, saying that without a job he's not sure who he is. I want to scream what I think he is at the moment!!!
How do I deal with this/him/myself??

OP posts:
AKnickerfulOfMenace · 16/03/2015 23:22

I think it varies with the situation and I'd be quite surprised if a retailer wanted to hire him when he would clearly leave immediately he found work in his main field.

AlphaBravoHenryFoxtons · 17/03/2015 00:48

His CV must look a bit scrappy if he's had 5 jobs in rapid succession, with gaps. How old is he? I'm just wondering if he might be in the wrong career as work doesn't seem to be working for him. Might it be worthwhile him considering a career change and retraining to do something else?

I'm sorry this is happening to you, OP. It must be tough.

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