So sorry you are going through this. I have to think all this financial trouble in the US is causing a kind of depression epidemic. I mean, we don't hear about it in the news but good grief. It's everywhere.

You certainly aren't alone. Since 2007 I've lost my job, been through foreclosure, gone bankrupt, and been unemployed for almost two years. Recently I found a minimum wage part-time job. The management is abusive and the checks are microscopic. But we need the money.

I have two college degrees and a lifetime of professional experience, but it took me two years to find this part-time minimum wage job. I'm supposed to be grateful but in reality it's hard. The work is hard, I'm not that good at it, and I worry all the time. Every single person in our extended family either has a person laid off or unemployed or is in foreclosure or bankruptcy. I don't think the media gives a true picture of how bad it is.

Try not to take it personally. It's not you and it's probably not your wife either. These are very tough times. (((((Hang in there.)))))