On 11/1/2017 6:42 PM, cshenk wrote:
> jmcquown wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>
>> On 10/30/2017 8:35 PM, cshenk wrote:
>>> Julie Bove wrote in rec.food.cooking:
>>>
>>>>
>>>> It is difficult for then spouse and children but in different
>>>> ways. Yes, there is the worry but also having to uproot and move
>>>> repeatedly. Children starting new schools again and again. Spouses
>>>> having to find a new job. I had to retire from mine. And it's
>>>> hard to find an high paying job when you have a military spouse.
>>>> The employer knows that you might leave at any time. Most of us
>>>> had to make do with minimum wage or worse, part time at best.
>>>>
>>>> Then having to make new friends, finding your way around in a new
>>>> city, finding medical, stores, etc. Even foods could be a
>>>> challenge. Food on Cape Cod is vastly different than here. Some
>>>> things were the same of course but many were not. Different
>>>> brands, not much in the way of Mexican food.
>>>
>>> Yes. It is difficult. But you had a GS hire preference higher than
>>> a disabled Navy retired vet. If you didn't know that, too bad.
>>>
>>
>> Carol, the difference is Julie was not in the military. I don't know
>> if she knows or cares about military hiring preferences when it comes
>> to grade or disability. She worked at K-Mart.
>>
>> My mother, the military spouse, never had to work but I can sure
>> relate to the constantly moving as a child. No fun.
>>
>> Can't speak to the different brands thing. I was a kid, not the
>> spouse who did the shopping. I do know my mother didn't look for
>> Mexican food.
>>
>> Jill
>
> Jill, we all 'get it' that Julie was never military. She lacked
> knowlege that she might have better oppotunties as a military spouse.
>
Maybe she didn't want to. From what I recall she worked a lot of years
at K-Mart, long enough to be entitled to a pension (assuming they're
still in business when she hits official retirement age).

Jill