In this article, the author narrates her story as a job-market widow. In each of the last eight years, she has seen how her husband, Matt, has gone on the market in search of a tenure-track position in English. She describes their eight-year stretch on the academic job market as a harsh tutor, but it has taught them things about themselves, their relationship, and their expectations for the future that they would not have known otherwise. They have learned to deal with disappointment, uncertainty, and success. They have learned to accept that there are no guarantees and to ground their sense of self-worth in stuff that isn't mulled over by unpredictable search committees. In the meantime, Matt has been busy with interviews at MLA. However, she does absolutely nothing to aid his search. For her, she is tired of being a job-market widow. Eight is enough.