Why is it that some of the tootsie rolls on FR (like you) can't resist attacking me when I disagree with something you say. Nope . What I would prefer is for her to get off her dead ass get off public asistance and get a job - any job. "All the menial jobs go to third world immigrants." Simply isn't true.
You have to be willing to work for the same wage as our Mexican guest workers, but the jobs are there. I know for a fact that you can find employment if you're willing to lower your standards; your "friend" COULD find work if she were willing to pound the pavement looking and willing to work for less than her previous expectation. She's not looking hard enough and not looking wide enough
The other thing that strikes me as strange is when her husband left did he pack the house in a suitcase and take it with him? What about the business did he pack that up in a suitcase and carry that along too? These are significant assets to which she is entitled to a portion.
Do you live in NYC? Because it is impossible for an educated white woman over 50 to get a menial job - they only hire Hispanics and Asians.
Her husband demolished the business they had - he was an integral part of it, so when he played dead it all fell apart. She had invested everything in her life in what they had - 20 years of total dedication to create what they had.
I guess some things are beyond understanding if you don’t want to understand them.