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He wants a divorce; we are both turning 70
Just Want to Talk | Last Active: Sep 7, 2025 | Replies (68)Comment receiving replies
Thank you. Have been seeking employment for years. However, I had only one job in 12 years.
I never planned on retiring at all. Work was one of my happy places in life.
I have even tried volunteer work. Volunteer work is always so menial and no physicality to it, usually. I want to be up and going, not parked at some desk or stuffing envelops.
I do not have a bad history of work, either. Because I was on disability for 10 years, when I got better, no one wants to hire me at my age.
I watch and visit places I apply to - I see they hire kids and adults much younger than I, all the time...see them training them; but not me.
Age discrimination exists. Have applied to everything imaginable, don't mind minimum wage, even. I love working as it keeps me busy and feeling productive, more secure.
No one seems to think someone at 70 can move and lift and DO things.
Even at the State employment office I went to. THEY suggested I "try a community center for seniors". I said: "What type of job?" They said: "Oh, it isn't a job, you can go there and play board games, socialize with other's your age...you know....".
I was speechless.
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Hi Slarson,
I know exactly how you feel when they won't hire you. I went through the same thing when I was in my middle forties and back then in the early 1990's, being a woman was looked on as defective as far as hiring was concerned. I had good work experience and a Master's degree but that didn't phase them at all. I finally found a job working as a desk clerk in a Seattle hotel but that didn't really fit with the Master's degree but it did buy the groceries. Plus it turned out to be a really fun job. It was near the University of Washington so we had guests from all over the world who had business at the University. I enjoyed meeting people from England, Russia, Africa, China, Japan etc. I amazed myself at how good I could communicate with people who didn't speak much English and I don't speak another language.
Keep looking and you will find the right job for you; even at 70! I would think that they would want someone who liked working as you do. Say a prayer about it and God will direct you to the right job. I'll say a prayer for you also.
I wish you the best!
PML
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It seems like a ridiculous & frankly rude suggestion, but I started taking a watercolor class at my local Adult (senior) Community Center at 57 years old. Then I was diagnosed with & treated for cancer… that watercolor class lead to exercise classes, which led to me teaching dance fitness classes. People aren’t all as old as you think, & it may lead to connections, & work opportunities. Good luck to you. Life is hard, & health problems make it more difficult.