Working remotely has become a luxury since the pandemic hit and prevented us from being able to interact with other people in real life.
Remote work has remained a part of many companies for years now, yet lately, there are places that have started to make office hours mandatory for employees, and not everyone is thrilled with the changing times.
Back in May, this woman’s husband unfortunately lost his job, and he told her that the reason was that his company outsourced his position, along with the rest of his division.
But a week ago, she bumped into his old coworker’s wife, who told him a drastically different story, exposing her husband as a liar!
She was out shopping that day when this woman stated that her husband hadn’t been laid off; he had quit because he didn’t want to have to come into the office two or three days a week, which was a new policy the company was enforcing.
Her husband loved being remote so much that he was willing to walk away from his job, and then not even bother telling her the truth.
“I was so humiliated because I expressed sympathy to his former colleague about the layoffs, only to find out there [weren’t] any. When I confronted my husband, he admitted it,” she explained.
“He said he didn’t think it would be a problem since I was already making more than him. I’ve been working as much overtime as I can get at the hospital to keep our heads above water.”
“Come to find out my husband voluntarily left his job AND has only been applying for fully remote jobs instead of looking for any job he could get. He admitted all of it. If his decision just affected him it it would be one thing. We have a six-year-old.”
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She’s been picking up as many shifts as possible, and she’s been feeling terribly guilty for having to spend so much time away from their daughter.
Her husband has apologized to her and said he felt bad for not working, but she thinks his actions broke their marriage in a way that can never be mended.
Throughout the last couple of months, she’s kept her emotions inside, afraid to say anything to her husband while working her tail off, as she was worried that he was suffering from depression over getting laid off.
“I kept thinking [that] as soon as he found another job, everything would be fine. Meanwhile, he’s been having a holiday sitting at home while I ran myself ragged keeping us above water,” she continued.
“I am moving out of our flat as soon as I can find another place for myself and my daughter. I don’t care what my husband has to say. Every time he apologises, it just makes me angrier.”
“[I] don’t want to tell anyone until I find somewhere else to live, but I needed to get this out before my anger consumes me and I lose it in front of my daughter. I didn’t even know it was possible to be this angry.”
I think it would be a wise choice to pursue a divorce over what her husband did, because I’m failing to see how she can ever learn to trust him again after this.
Her husband clearly only cares about himself, not her or their daughter, so why stay married to this guy?
What advice do you have for her?
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