Too Young to Retire...Too Old to Hire

Yup...that's what my 30-something doctor had said to me when I told her about my job situation. She said that her husband had lost his job about six years ago, but that he was doing well as a stay-at-home dad (I did say she's a doctor, right?). She wondered if there would be a job for him when he returned to the job market in a few years. After all....he would be 45 years old. Hmmm...45 years old vs. 58 years old, yeah, I'm thinking he'll have better prospects than I do at this point.

I have applied to 13 positions in my old company and heard back (negative, of course) on only two. The rest have gone into a dark, uncaring, not-going-to-get-back-to-me void. Really, not even an email kiss-off???

You start to rethink yourself in terms of your self-esteem when you're involuntarily out of work. Maybe the jig is up, right? Maybe all these years of working and getting great reviews were fake years, and I've been found out!

I have a high school reunion in two months, and I'm loathe to speak of what I'm doing if I'm still not employed. Maybe I can fancy it up by saying I'm between jobs and weighing my employment options while continuing my education...but I'll not have enough money to afford to take another elective towards my degree completion, so that part is out.

Ugh...unemployment sucks.