economy/desperation

emeraldkity4
Tue, 14 Oct 2008 13:55:53 +0000

But still- for instance my H who has always had a temper- is not dealing well with being on strike for over a month- we really didn’t expect a strike with this economy, even though the deal wasn’t that great- and he has alternately been getting depressed and angry. ( Ive been doing odd jobs for friends- but everyone is being hit hard-)
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We don’t have any firearms- except for a BB gun that he shoots at raccoons with
( he hit one once- but the raccoon just brushed off the BBs and gave him a withering look)
:o
So I am not afraid of him going off with a gun- but we do have a lot of bridges- including one close by that many suicidal people use. The other day- I was this close to calling the police when I couldn’t find him ( but he had gone to bed)

Lots of layoffs have been announced in the area- & I have the impression this downturn is affecting many who haven’t been setback noticably in previous downturns.

Waiting for global warming to kick in- because our furnace won’t ;)

I realize this is uncomfortable for many to think about/talk about.

However- I feel we need to accurately address and acknowledge concerns before we can deal with them. When you have dramatically reduced income- are dealing with high costs of daily expenses- especially when those expenses are things like medical bills and taxes- how is it helpful to blame the person who is faced with these challenges by telling them they should have chosen another line of work/a different area in which to live or/ that things aren’t really that bad because housing prices are still overinflated?