# Wish me (and Mrs D) good luck **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 17, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775 "2009-08-17T20:09:31Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/1 "2009-08-17T20:09:31Z")
She has a job interview tomorrow a.m. INCREDIBLY tough job market to try to re-enter after working part-time for 15 years while raising kids. This job is with a different office of my employer. I know several people in the office, and have been wearing out the phone lines. She would be phenomenal at the job, which I expect should be readily apparent to the interviewers, and it would be a very good fit for her and us. Think she should have a good chance, but have no idea how many folk are being interviewed. As best I have been able to determine, should be a pretty quick turn-around, so I hope to be able to give some good news quickly! Keep your fingers crossed! ---
**Author:** ![Shirley\_Ujest](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/45deac/32.png) [@Shirley\_Ujest](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Shirley_Ujest)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/2 "2009-08-17T20:52:33Z")
As someone who has been out of the Real World and taking care of kids for nearly 12 years, please give your wife my BEST OF LUCK! ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 8:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/3 "2009-08-17T20:57:37Z")
GOOD LUCK!!! Hope everything goes smoothly. ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2009, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/4 "2009-08-17T21:04:10Z")
Good Luck! (After she gets the job you could buy that big lot, tear down the abandoned house and build your dream home!) StG ---
**Author:** ![Serenata67](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/serenata67/32/10646_2.png) [@Serenata67](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Serenata67)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 2:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/5 "2009-08-18T02:32:12Z")
I was crossing my fingers, but it’s hard to type that way… I’ll mentally cross them for you. ---
**Author:** ![freckafree](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/freckafree/32/3050_2.png) [@freckafree](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/freckafree)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 2:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/6 "2009-08-18T02:48:37Z")
Best of luck to your wife! Let us know what happens. ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/7 "2009-08-18T04:07:35Z")
Good luck!! ---
**Author:** ![Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/heffalump_and_roo/32/7691_2.png) [@Heffalump\_and\_Roo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Heffalump_and_Roo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/8 "2009-08-18T06:18:41Z")
Good luck to Mrs. D!! I hope things work out well. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/9 "2009-08-18T06:20:23Z")
May your wife not need any luck at all and ace the interview. ---
**Author:** ![Khadaji](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/9e8a1a/32.png) [@Khadaji](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Khadaji)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 12:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/10 "2009-08-18T12:03:00Z")
Sending out lucky thoughts. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 12:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/11 "2009-08-18T12:08:26Z")
Got my fingers crossed! ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 12:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/12 "2009-08-18T12:31:40Z")
Best of luck! I’m sending good vibes your way as hard as I can! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 1:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/13 "2009-08-18T13:24:24Z")
Thanks for the karma all. Wife is super psyched and prepared. The best thing is that we know she would be a good fit for the job, so se isn’t thrying to BS her way into a job she is not qualified for. That other lot is long gone, **StG**. Besides, we currently live about 20 miles west of Chicago along a commuter train line (for me). She is interviewing for a job about the same distance S of the city along another train line. So we would probably buy/build in that direction so as to give her the easiest commute possible. On of her first comments, tho, after she told me she had gotten this interview, was to say, _“If I get this job we’ll put our house on the market.”_ Somehow made it not _quite_ as annoying last night when the stupid skater punk next door was banging around in his driveway with his stupid skater punk friends at 10:30 at night. . . ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 4:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/14 "2009-08-18T16:30:48Z")
Man, I’m going NUTS here! She said she’d call me as soon as the interview was over. Its been an hour and a quarter now - which I figure has got to be a good sign. Sure hope they aren’t just running late and keeping her waiting. So on the one hand, I want the damn phone to ring. On the other, the longer it take, the better. Meanwhile, I’m getting NOTHING done here! As opposed to most days, when I get - uh - not a heck of a lot more! 🆒 ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/15 "2009-08-18T17:28:52Z")
Well, her 30 minute interview lasted an hour and a quarter. They are interviewing 5 people, and need someone on board by the end of September - could be sooner. Now we wait. . . ---
**Author:** ![StGermain](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stgermain/32/2868_2.png) [@StGermain](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/StGermain)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/16 "2009-08-18T18:11:39Z")
That sounds great! I thought she’d be working in your building, which, given your marital issues might not’ve worked out well. StG ---
**Author:** ![Dinsdale](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/97f17d/32.png) [@Dinsdale](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dinsdale)\ **Post date:** [August 18, 2009, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/17 "2009-08-18T18:25:45Z")
> [@StGermain](#): > > That sounds great! I thought she’d be working in your building, which, given your marital issues might not’ve worked out well. > > StG 24 years married yesterday (at least 1 or 2 happily!) 😉 Seems like the less time we spend with each other the better we get along . . . 😛 As she called me on her way home she was driving through cornfields and forest preserves. Said she really liked the looks of the area where the job was, and would really like to move there. Depending on how we want to play it, we might be able to get an acre - maybe even more. You folks may have to start referring to me as “Squire”! ---
**Author:** ![OttoDaFe](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ottodafe/32/356_2.png) [@OttoDaFe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/OttoDaFe)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 6:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/18 "2009-08-19T06:26:53Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > 24 years married yesterday (at least 1 or 2 happily!) 😉 Seems like the less time we spend with each other the better we get along . . . 😛 > > As she called me on her way home she was driving through cornfields and forest preserves. Said she really liked the looks of the area where the job was, and would really like to move there. Depending on how we want to play it, we might be able to get an acre - maybe even more. You folks may have to start referring to me as “Squire”! Umm . . . you may want to reconsider that. The farther out in the country you go, the more likely you are to encounter hedgehogs. Giant ones, even. ---
**Author:** ![norinew](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/eb9ed0/32.png) [@norinew](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/norinew)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/19 "2009-08-19T13:29:54Z")
> [@OttoDaFe](#): > > Umm . . . you may want to reconsider that. The farther out in the country you go, the more likely you are to encounter hedgehogs. Giant ones, even. You forgot ‘demonic’. Giant, _demonic_ hedgehogs. Who know. . .dark magic. :eek:😛 ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [August 19, 2009, 3:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775/20 "2009-08-19T15:18:33Z")
plus, evil nazi groundhogs! hope it all works out for you and Mrs D! [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/wish-me-and-mrs-d-good-luck/506775.md?page=2)