"John W." wrote:

> "Elbow" <tokyoelbowNOSPAM@totalise.co.uk> wrote in message news:<c50jbi$2mhpe3$1@ID-220360.news.uni-berlin.de>...
> > "John W." <worthj1970@yahoo.com> wrote in message
> > news:40734853.7020407@yahoo.com...
> > > <insert a ton of bitching>
> > >
> > > John W.
> >
> > We should start a tag team
> >
> <b>
> <font size=WAY BIG style=double underline>
> <insert bitch moan complain rant against the subtle and not so subtle
> prejudices of society that won't hire 34 year olds for entry level
> jobs gripe about companies that don't understand it's not the
> employees fault if they get laid off four times in as many years>

That is really terrible. I can't believe that even Wal Mart or Starbucks would discriminate against people that way.
My older brother, going on 40, also lost his job and a lot of assets to the IT bust, and is still retraining and
looking, years later. With the recent focus on "outsourcing" of even IT jobs, I can understand how such things can
happen, and I doubt many trained people can feel secure in a job again.

But considering how your wife's future was looking after getting her PhD (was that you?), how do the two of you feel
about you being the homemaker, perhaps with a part time job with no particular future to supplement your income,
while your wife earned the money at a more promising job? My brother's wife has what sounds to be a fine career in
one of the big accounting firms, and I wonder if he has considered staying home for the family.

I mean no insult. It was and is what many educated women with work experience have done for their families, perhaps
sacrificing their own careers or happiness. Men have to be prepared to do the same. If my wife were somehow able to
get about six times what she currently made, or even a little more than I made, I would consider staying home to do
the housework (I can clean and do laundry as well as my wife, but I'd have to learn to cook) and do something part
time on my own just to keep me busy or supplement our income. It would be cool to be so different from the other
families.

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