Man’s chronic unemployment creates doubt for future

Dear Abby

DEAR ABBY: I’m a 32-yearold woman who has been with my boyfriend, my first and only partner, for 11 years. Overall, our relationship is healthy. He’s smart, kind, supportive, caring, loyal and funny. I can see us getting married and living a happy life together.

The problem is, aside from a few short-term gigs, he hasn’t had a job for the last six years, when he left his office job to move with me for my career. I’ve done well. But although he has applied for all sorts of jobs – sales, admin, medical, police, government, fast food – no one has hired him.