i don't know what drew me to this post. right now i am home with my kids. i left my job a couple of years ago to relocate to a different part of the country where my husband got a new job after having lost his job because of unfair reasons. i dread the day i seriously have to get back out there and find a job but the clock is ticking when my youngest starts kindergarten i know hubby expects me to work. i can't blame him. if the tables were turned and he were home all this time i would expect the same thing.

the idea of finding a job again after so long terrifies me. the subject rears its ugly head whenever we end up talking about money and how our one-income state is temporary and that when i am working again things will be easier. it sends me into a frenzy of looking up stuff online about working from home, applying for ssi (which i know i wouldn't be able to get...), going on ebay to try to sell stuff, it's crazy. the last time i landed a job was over 10 years ago. and i just found out the other day that if i were still working there, i would be forced to re-interview and get my own job or face immediately getting laid off. tbh i don't think i could get that job again now. it's crazy. i pray for my old coworker going through it. i hope she can keep her job.
so yeah idk. i am a sahm so i guess that is a version of long-term unemployed. it is so scary out there. i wish i didn't have to deal with it again but i know i will.