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07.23.08, 17:22 PM General Topics
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If you or dh is unemployed (or ever were) did you consider it to be private? I hate myself but I'm embarassed. I know - very old school attitude. Berate me or console me! [ Reply | Watch | Flag ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 05:22 PM Flag
 

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yes, private. having a bunch of people feeling sorry for us wouldn't have helped anything [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 05:26 PM Flag
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that sucks but I understand that you want to keep it private [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 05:26 PM Flag
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It just hurts less if we can focus on our situation w/o managing other sympathetic (or schadenfreude motivated) people. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 05:29 PM Flag
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i would say private except for family [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 05:32 PM Flag
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yes, private unless you can network discreetly as in, oh? my dh is in that field but he has been taking some time w the dcs... [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 05:37 PM Flag
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Private. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 05:56 PM Flag
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Console only, our situation is way too public because the company had a very public blow up, people ask and I hate it. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 07:18 PM Flag
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I have been several times in the 20+ years I have been working. I have always been open about it with friends and family. I never felt ashamed of it. I always collected unemployment and relaxed while looking for a new job (the last two times I got to stay home with my small children for a bit longer then planned which was wonderful). [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 07:24 PM Flag
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If you or dh is looking for a job, you need to craft a sentence or 2 explaining the situation and positioning it for a networking oppty. If it was a public blowup like Bear Stearns, no one will hold it against you for being out of work. Eg, My group at company x just downsized, and I'm interested in networking into companies like y, z, and w. [ Reply | More ]
General Topics 07.23.08, 07:34 PM Flag
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