This has been the worst year of my life. Lost my job in January after believing in the lies from a start up company. After 8 months and well over 1000 applications later I finally found an ok temp job. I've become depressed and angry over this year. I've done everything I can think of to try and keep my 2 kids from seeing me like this. I don't want them to know how bad I feel. How much of a failure I feel like. My wife is a stay at home mom. After doing the math years ago we decided that was best because childcare in the US is so expensive. But because she's been out of work for so long she wasn't able to find work either.
Thankfully my kids were able to go to school this year, which really helped. Looking at the school shooting numbers has just sent my wifes anxiety and depression to new heights. All we want to do is provide a good life for our kids and have them come home from school safely. Is that too much to ask?
I'd love to move to the Netherlands but getting out of this shit hole of a country is virtually impossible it seems. I just don't know what to do anymore. The dollar is more important here than peoples lives.