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Losing A Job You Love Is Like Going Through A Breakup You Don't Want

So recently I was let go from my company. It was the second time this has happened in my life and hopefully it'll be the last. While the first go around with unemployment was actually amazing ( FUNemployment lived up to its name) this second go around hasn't been so swell. First of all, the first time I went through the unemployment process I actually wasn't terribly enthralled with my job or company. So when they cut bait with me, I was actually quasi relieved. And they were kind enough to let me go at the beginning of June, so I actually had an impromptu summer vacation! It was awesome. It's kinda like that significant other you're with and you want to break up with them but you feel sort of guilty about it so instead you just act like a jackass hoping THEY'LL break up with YOU. However, this time not so much. And being let go from a job you actually adore is almost identical to going through a painful breakup. One day you think everything is fine an