Originally Posted by mhorton

Iceknight - First of all you only get unemployment for a few months (actually 16 in my wife's case, because she went to college and NAFTA, AKA "Send Jobs To Other Countries", extends unemployment and pays for tuition), so she is not having everyone else take care of her, except me I guess, or being a drain on the economy.
Also, 2 of those years were when she was in college, and it is hard (though not impossible) to work and attend classes at the same time.
Being fired from a job she had for 12 years (assembly line) really hurt her confidence, so she's having trouble getting out an finding another.
So don't be putting down my wife, thats one of the few things that gets me angry.