Almost 2 years of job hunt has started to break me!!!! Wife is leaving telling kids that I'm eating their college savings while I was the one who was paying mortgage, insurance, hoa and the list goes on... n while I earned more than her ($30k to $40k gap) for 14 years!!!

I was part of the GE Healthcare team for about 19 years and survived endless org restructures and shuffles. But finally as GE spin-off into 3 new companies, I was part of the 8th round of people who had to be let go.

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Your wife sounds …. Lovely

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This will sound dickish and I apologize but it sounds like you had 2 income streams for some period of time. Did you not invest in other income producing assets to help sustain you during these periods? Stocks, bonds, real estate, anything? If we're learning anything during these times it is that a w2 isn't enough anymore.

Like other people have said your wife sounds like a peach, I mean golddigger.

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Guys thanks for the encouragement and I know whom I married - yes I did had real estate and some investment portfolio but just $300 on top of mortgage through rent plus couple hundred more coming from investment besides 410k plus $400 in unemployment which BTW is only available for 6-7 months out of 12 month period is not enough for me to pay my primary home mortgage and other expenses for kids!! I did had savings but 24 months plus is a long time to burn through the green !
Can’t sell the real estate as it’s a joint property!
So would please request if there are any leads to get a stream through W2 would be really appreciated!

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Do any work your qualified for — data entry, ride share driving, administrative work etc. do that work and find a path back to your core skill set. Do project work tutoring etc. There is no shame in taking a short term role that you might initially see as “beneath you”. Also if already two years you may have already lost the house or marriage. Lastly — take care of yourself mentally, physically and spiritually. IMHO you should both see a therapist together.

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