Long story short she gave up her high paying career when she was laid off and kind of gave up. She took menial jobs after that and for four years she didn't work at all. She just took a job this January where she barely clears minimum wage but it's a job "she loves".
It's like the system punished the person who worked the hardest and rewards the person who took the easy way out.
This is very interesting wording you use. On the one hand, you note how your W found a job that she loves. But at the same time, you call it "menial" and the "easy way out".
I wonder how this attitude carried over into other aspects of your life together.
