Three women speak candidly about how they survived their husband’s job loss and kept their marriage strong
The couple’s joy was short-lived: A few months after Pessie gave birth, her husband was fired. “There was incredible financial pressure,” Pessie remembers. But even more palpable was the emotional strain.
“Shmuel was irritated, depressed, and reeling from the blow,” says Pessie. He spent hours every day at the dining room table searching online for jobs, and was getting wearier and more frustrated by the day.
“I felt bad for Shmuel, but I also felt bad for myself,” Pessie admits. “He saw how much I was struggling with a newborn and three little boys running around our tiny apartment, but whenever I asked for help, he’d get irritated.
“I was super-sensitive because I was postpartum and adjusting to being a stay-at-home mother, and he was vulnerable because of the job loss. You can imagine the kind of tension there was in our home.”
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