what if you are the backbone of your family?

Indonesia
March 1, 2007 9:59pm CST
for about sometimes, my husband quit his job in another city and moved back to our home. since then, i became the backbone of our little family. he tried and tried to find a new job. but luck just hasn't come to him. till now i try to keep strong and be supportive to him. do you have the same kind of experience?
3 responses
srihandoyo
@srihandoyo (59)
• Indonesia
22 Mar 07
Hi Happystarlover! How are you doing? As a husband I have the same situation as you have now: being the back bone of the family, fortunately I am enjoying it. I understand that as a wife you are now at the stage of not being in an easy situation. However, since you have mentioned that your husband has been looking for a job at the time being you simply should be strong in mind (and physically too) and keep on supporting him and hoping that one day, not long, he will have the job desirably. Time for you and family will come to fully enjoy. My pray for you and all the best!
lotabi
@lotabi (22)
• United States
2 Mar 07
As society changes with time, so should our notions regarding roles of husband and wife. Being at home and supporting a spouse is just as big a role as going out and earning a living. I believe that in a family no single person is a "backbone". Family is all about cooperation and mutual support - so if a spouse is at home and the other is at work, it really doesn't matter, the two are the two sides of the same coin.
grandkids08
@grandkids08 (246)
• United States
2 Mar 07
What kind of job did he have? Also do you have a job? I was a brick layer in another town and decided to move back home i could find a job at what i was doing. It took awhile for me to realize i need to find something close to what i was doing. It was getting me depressed cause that all I knew. I so some highway construction going on and stopped to see who the forman was. I got a job holding the stop and slow sign. Easy work and good pay.