Well...Here I Go Again...(lost job, kinda ranty)

In what seems to be another chapter in my hellish life, I find myself, once again, losing my job.

This would be the third time in my life I have been in this situation (with the fault lying in myself at times) and I don’t think I’ll be able to land on my feet as easily as last time.

I firmly believe that job hunting is the worst experience a person can go through and now I have to do it again.

I’m really scared this time. My apartment is more expensive now than the last time, I don’t have as much (practically none) of a cushion when it comes to seed money, I also don’t have near as much credit on my cards that I did last time. I was in this job for barely 6 months and I wasn’t paid all that particularly much…certainly not enough to dig myself out of the hole I was already in

And you know the worst part? I feel so bad for Ms. Cups. I seem to do this to her all the time and it’s not fair to her. It’s not fair that I have to put her through this. We have pretty much all of the down payments on the things for our wedding, and the actual date is literally a year out, but I just want to provide for her. I want to be able to get her nice things, and pay for the wedding, and contribute so much more than I do and it feels like all she does is carry me all the time. Everything I do in life I do for her. I try and I try and I just seem to be cursed with the bad luck of having nothing going right for me.

So here’s to hoping something is out there. Here’s to hoping this period of unemployment lasts as short as the last one and not as long as the second one. And give a big “here’s” to lovely Ms. Cups who is always so strong for me in these situations and, for some unknown reason, still loves me as much as she does.

Wow, that’s tough. Hang in there. If you hit bottom, remember, there’s no where to go but up.

Very sorry to hear this. I hope you land on your feet, and quickly too. Even then I can understand how stressful it is. You’ve spoken of Ms. Cups many times and she sounds wonderful, so I can understand your concern for her because of this but you also sound like she’s going to be able to handle it. So good luck to both of you, onward and upward.

Thank you both for the well wishes :slight_smile:

Sorry to hear this, and best wishes!

If you’re willing to PM or email your resume, I’ll be happy to take a look at it and give you a third-party viewpoint.

Also, have you looked online for a list of job fairs and so forth?

I’m very sorry to hear it. But the job market right now is tremendous; it’s not like it was back in 2009. I hope you’re able to take advantage of this and find something very soon.

That’s tough. But I’ve lost my job several times.

The last time allowed me to get the job I have now, which I’m very happy with. If I hadn’t lost my job at that moment, I never would have known the job existed.

So it may turn out to be a real opportunity for you.