Telling my partner I lost my job (update)

My spouse does not know yet that I was let go as a payroll clerk. I worked as a payroll clerk before this. Bills are coming up and I cannot keep this quiet. How did you handle it?

Thanks for writing this out. I went through something close to it last year, and it settled down once I kept a simple log of every call and form.

I told my partner the same evening with a simple plan: what happened, what I was doing and what I needed. It was a relief.