"Ophelia" > wrote in message
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> "jmcquown" wrote in message news >
> 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
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> From what I was reading here, spouses were given preferential treatment
> for jobs!

None of the places I lived had good jobs for spouses.