Comments on: My Husband Lost His Job

By: Kendra at New Life On A Homestead

Kendra at New Life On A Homestead — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 21:15:00 +0000

Thanks for the post! My husband just lost his job a week ago. I am a stay-at-home mom… so it’s gonna be tough! He is blessed to have a part time job, but it doesn’t even bring in enough to pay our $700 mortgage. I know the Lord has something in store for us, something for our good. I am excited to see where He is leading us. I just wanted to add one thing to your post, though it isn’t practical for everybody. What we are doing is preparing ourselves for the possibility of living without electricity. We’ve been collecting oil lanterns and candles, and are now trying to figure out how to heat the home and get water from the well if we had to turn the power off. Hopefully it won’t get that bad for us, but it very well might. Anyways, I know a lot of people are going through this right now. The Lord is good, and worrying won’t help you at all, so try to give it to Him, and do the best you can with what He gives you!

By: The Frugal Fraulein

The Frugal Fraulein — Tue, 05 Jan 2010 21:11:09 +0000

Thank you for the inspiration this article provided me with. I lost my job several months now and have emotionally felt it very hard. If I had not been a fanatic frugal prepper I would be on the street. I had an emergency savings and more food than Costco. Now I am out of the emergency savings and still job hunting. I have to admit the Universe/God has heard my pleas and things just miraculously occur. Now if I can only figure out what adventure I want next I am sure the job will present itself!

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By: lewis family

lewis family — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 17:25:09 +0000

this is good but its hard to see the other side of the forest when the trees are sooo big .start with been their done that too. god have been good to us in 2000 my husband had a heartattack and we recovered and have lived a pretty normal lifethen the the year 2007 hit the seen we purchased the american dream a house ! lets start with in four months later my husband lost his job and i kept the faith.and kept every thing going with the sterngth from the lord jesus christ ,then through th next 7mths he hand part time jobs here and there but that ended in oct 07 .then in jan of 08 the company i worked for close down.so now we both are getting unenploymentand cant find jobs ,we also have two babbies in the house 2yr and 10mths.oh it dont stop there in apr of 08 my husband had a stroke .my unemployment ran out in july of 09now we have loss both our cars and as i write this letter to be prayed for the appraisel man is here to appraise the house for foreclosurer .and you do wonder where is god ?hwen you know you are a faithful tither even off your unemployment.

By: MichaelR

MichaelR — Tue, 01 Dec 2009 06:06:17 +0000

I can see why this article is so popular now. BTW, is that KC in the picture?

By: Cheryl W

Cheryl W — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:58:41 +0000

My husband is losing his job Friday, but we are trusting in God (Jehovah Jireh) because He is the provider of all our needs. He has always been faithful, and we souly put our trust in Him. Thank you for the tips, they are great solid advice. Please send up some prayers for us. Thanks so much.

By: Melissa Smith

Melissa Smith — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 23:01:14 +0000

Thank you for that…I just didn’t know what my role was in my husbands job loss. He is so down on himself, and doesn’t want to be cheered up so I just didn’t know what to do. Thank you for your words of wisdom :0)

By: Annalise

Annalise — Thu, 15 Jan 2009 16:19:24 +0000

My Husband has been dealing w/job losses (yes, losses) since about July of ‘08; no fault of his own, unfortunatly like SO many TOO many now days in the U.S. I’m in amazement that our unemployment rate is 7.1%! Crazy and sad.
Right now he’s been working temp. jobs sporadically through a temp. trade co. (he’s a pipefitter/plumber) and getting unemployment, we’re slightly ‘making-it’, but it’s terrifying at time’s and he and I (never our child) have gone hungry at time’s. The food-bank’s even in our area have been running-out of food for the first time and having to turn people away! Unreal. I’ve applied for med. assistance (our son need’s eye surgery and my Husband’s coverage for him just ended RIGHT before it was to be done, would’nt ya’ know, lol…..), food-stamps and even temp. fin. assistance, but we make TOO much money, (about $1100/mo. right now! for all of us w/a $765/mo. rent)……We had to pull-out some money w/a very high penalty too from his local union retirement fund to just pay our rent the other month. We’re devout Christians and we pray all the time, (not just for ourselves, others as well, as we know alot of other people have it much worse even than we do unfortunately)……….and the Lord has come through (as he always does if you have faith) just this past Mon. actually when my Husband got a 2-4 wk. temp. assignment, much better than the usual 1-4 days that they’ve been only able to give him in the past……….Sorry to go on and on, but your tips really do work (we’ve used them and do use them still)………….and also make me feel that I’m not alone………
Take-Care and God-Bless You and Yours……… :)

By: DeAnn

DeAnn — Sun, 07 Dec 2008 01:18:37 +0000

Gee, I’ve tried being positive. I am having a hard time staying positive and trying to keep a smile on my face while I deal with my husband’s mood swings and negativity. You would think that my getting a new job making more money than I have in the past – which will help keep the roof over our heads with some frugal planning – would be considered a blessing. I understand that for men being the breadwinner is important. I understand the lack of identity. I manage the family budget. I know that it will be OK. I try to reassure my husband and all I get is negativity and I’m being told that I am being condescending and putting him down. WHAT?? We’ve been through bad times before and I always assume the support role and bottle up my emotions so as not to hurt or upset his feelings. I’m tough, and I can handle a lot – but I can’t handle a bad attitude on the part of my husband. He lost his job a few weeks ago and two days later I got a salaried job with health benefits. God is watching out for us. I know that we are blessed. But my husband’s bad attitude is getting to me. I feel like not speaking to him at all until he just adopts a better outlook. Why can’t he see that it’s not the end of the world and that God is watching out for us? Why does he think that he has no friends and that no one cares about him? I am at my wit’s end!

By: Sondra

Sondra — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 06:17:24 +0000

My husband just lost his job and we are newly married (just this last july of 2008). We moved away from our hometown, so our main support system is not as available as it use to be. My husband opened up to me today about how he doesnt feel confident and how he is batteling with alot right now. He re assures himself that God will provide, but to hear him talk like this is hard for me to bare. I don’t know what to do for him at times, but I will follow your advice on reassuring him that I have confidence in his abilities, and let him know I’m on his team. Thank you for this website. God bless you.