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I am employed full-time. My husband is currently unemployed, after being laid off from his tech job. I’m the only one making ends meet and sometimes, I can’t. I feel very frustrated by my husband’s lack of “get up and go.” He has been unemployed for over 15 months. I’m fed up and have threatened divorce a couple of times. Nothing ever changes. We got married when he first lost his job, because he needed insurance. I’m very stressed out and have been getting sick from all the stress. I’m very scared that I’ll have a heart attack from the stress and pass away. He is 52 and nobody hires 52-year-old web developers. But he refuses to try to find a differe

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