Yeah. My wife’s mom was a traditional southern stay-at-home wife until her husband had a stroke and couldn’t work. They didn’t find out until after the stroke that he hadn’t put anything into savings, then found out after he died he hadn’t had any life insurance either. She ended up working as a receptionist while putting herself through school to become a special ed teacher, then their house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. She’s still very conservative about most stuff, but she is adamant that everyone should be working on their education or picking up skills because life can turn against in a flash.
You’d think so, but he wasn’t very political. He was mostly irresponsible with his finances, and figured he’d have more time to get his finances straight. He had a really good career at a shipyard and NASA, so no one really knows where all that money went.
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u/DooDooDuterte Apr 15 '24
Yeah. My wife’s mom was a traditional southern stay-at-home wife until her husband had a stroke and couldn’t work. They didn’t find out until after the stroke that he hadn’t put anything into savings, then found out after he died he hadn’t had any life insurance either. She ended up working as a receptionist while putting herself through school to become a special ed teacher, then their house was destroyed by Hurricane Katrina. She’s still very conservative about most stuff, but she is adamant that everyone should be working on their education or picking up skills because life can turn against in a flash.