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So no joke, that shit actually happened to me. 4 years into working a corporate IT job. Save up enough to buy a house start looking early 2020. Thanks to housing bubble bullshit, get outbid on everything until a few years later I finally close on a house for more than 100k over asking. Few months later, gf tells me she's pregnant. First ultrasound comes back, two little beans. 8 months later (yes only 8) we meet the 2 best girls I've ever met in my life. Corporate offers me 3 months paternity leave, as long as I still come into work everyday for a few hours (not joking). 2 weeks before "coming back to work" (not like I technically left, but whatever) corporate announces they are ending their contract with the IT MSP they contracted with, and we're all laid off.

This summer has not been great.