"jmcquown" > wrote in message
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> 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).

I'm already collecting my pension. I took it early. The company isn't doing
well. Was advised to get it early just in case. Am getting slightly less
than if I had waited but not enough to matter. My husband makes good money.
I did work. I didn't work for the money. Really aren't too many good jobs on
Cape Cod, at least in the area where I lived. Most of the non-military
people were seniors who were there for the spring, summer and fall. Come
winter they went to Florida. Most jobs were seasonal, part time and minimum
wage.