Tuesday, November 19, 2002

Tension and Dissention

My husband didn't want me to tell his boss that he was home. He didn't want to go into work. His boss had called once before and I was worried about my husband's reaction. I decided to express my concern to my husband. I said that if his boss senses that my husband is purposely avoiding him, even though it is my husband's day off, that he might want to lay my husband off. My husband got angry with me and said why would they fire him or lay him off; its his day off. I couldn't make him understand that I agreed with him but that I was scared of him being fired. He deserves his day off after working almost 12 hours a day. In my husbands previous jobs he has been laid off for no reason. He would ask them why they let him go and they would say things like we our downsizing, or something else. I reminded him of this.


People don't make sense. Our reasoning is not the reasoning of others. The first time he was ever laid-off it was two weeks before Christmas. We had bills, we wanted to buy presents for us and our families, but no one cared about that, especially his boss. Ever since then it has been a succession of lay-offs. My husband is a hard worker, and I know he is not at fault for wanting his day off, but I feel like he shouldn't tempt fate. I don't want him to go into work either, I just wanted him to acknowledge my fear. I guess I should have just shut up. I feel like I can't say anything anymore. So my status as the bitch remains.