And? I can feel vulnerable to a lot of things, that doesn’t mean I shouldn’t expect people to call me on it when I specifically stop forgoing my own morality.
If a man kidnapped my son and I robbed a bank so that he would give my son back, yes, I’m doing that because I’m vulnerable. But to say at the same time, “I wouldn’t rob a bank if I wasn’t so vulnerable. But I don’t rob banks to save my son!” is just a big WTF. I had just said I robbed the bank to save my son. Yes, I have an excuse for doing it, but what exactly am I trying to gain by denying my reason for doing that?
Look at the art I bolded. She’s admitting that her “whole reason for staying” is to try to land a job.
I haven’t seen that. The only feelings she’s expressed about the guy have all been negative. Her few feeble attempts to give him any positive spin are pretty shallow and unemotional. He’s wealthy. He’s courteous to waitresses (I bet he is). He’s a college graduate). That’s about it. I don’t see her talking about emotional connections or kindness…just what she can get out of him financially.
I know that MA’s unemployment laws are like New Jersey’s whom I’m employed by and you can still collect unemployment while working. It’s called partial unemployment and is available if you are only able to find part time work. <doing a search using Google> Yep According to the Massachussetts General Law Chapter 151a, Section 29 she can work and collect unemployment
I hate to reply to myself but failed to get to the part where the OP stated forcefully that she is in NY. In that case I need to refer you to [New York’s Unemployment Definitions]((http://www.labor.state.ny.us/ui/bpta/Glossary.shtm)
Stating :
Partial benefits If a claimant works less than four days in a week and earns $405 or less, the claimant may receive partial benefits. Receiving partial benefits extends the length of time benefits can be collected until the claimant receives his/her maximum benefit amount or until the benefit year ends.
But this is how every single one of this type of thread goes: Poster (invariably female) writes a post describing her boyfriend who’s always handsome, witty, intelligent and still attached to an “ex-girlfriend” with whom he’s still “just friends” and who occasionally spends the night at his place but he says “nothing happens” and the poster believes him, but, still, she wonders. The ex is invariably (a) unstable, (b) jobless, (c) friendless, except for the guy, (d) all of the above.
A bunch of posters tell her to dump him, she starts defending him, offers up more info that she thinks shows him as a good guy, when all it does is show him to be a manipulative jerk. Posters continue to tell her to dump him, she continues defending him and gets pissy at all the posters offering their opinions.