'Are You Exposing Yourself in Stairwells?' (& Other Things I Expect People to Ask My Husband)
Jorge Salvador/unsplash Hi & Happy New Year. (According to Larry David, I can say that until today.) Over the weekend, I called a friend to wish him a happy new year. We've texted a bit over the last few months (mainly about which TV shows we're watching or books we're reading) but we hadn't spoken in a while. After a bit, talk turned to jobs. The company where he's worked for years just laid off five percent of its workforce in a rather cruel fashion--calling people down to HR, releasing them, and then asking "non-impacted" employees to box up their desks . While stories like these strike fear in my heart and dredge up terrible memories, my friend remained pretty calm and said if he's handed a pink slip he wouldn't mind retiring. I almost blurted, "Retiring? What's that?" Then he asked how my husband's...
