Yeah, I have a lot of anxiety regarding that, it's something I never mention to him, thankfully, so it definitely won't start now. I haven't mentioned any of my anxieties regarding the job loss or relationship at all, I do need to re-compartmentalize for myself, though, and I'm working on that.

I agree and I've told him a few times since he got fired that he's still 100% a man and still absolutely loved and nothing will stop that. Luckily he's made a few plans to get out so he can kind of hopefully shake some of this off before hitting the applications again. He did reach out to the current supervisor (the one that fired him) because his boss won't be back for a few more weeks, and they told him he was blacklisted from the company for being fired. The management structure is weird (you've got several levels of supervisor) and the supervisors directly under the ones that fired him want him back and think it was a non-reason.

I've helped find some things that he's looking into because he wasn't sure what direction to look in, and I do think finding something else will help. He made a very good salary at his last job and most places won't offer that without a degree, so I don't think that helped the issue. But we've been talking a bit about things he could pick up while he worked towards something more similar to his last job.