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Oh get a grip! You haven't "lost" any money. And Cary how could you go on and on about something so simple?!
You are doing exactly what you are supposed to do--investing in equities for long-term return. And long term is certainly what you have here. In fact your account should be buying more equities while they are cheap. The market will recover long before you have to retire. Why are you ashamed to be experiencing what millions of others in equities are experiencing? If your husband is angry with you then you have a bigger problem than retirement-account shrinkage. Like, is he as clueless as you or just mean?
Share your account info with your husband, have a good swearing and stomping session about the stupid recession and the idiots who caused it and then let it go. Don't open any statements for a good six months or even a year or two, until the market recovers. If your husband gives you a hard time, get a marriage counselor, and get one of those free financial counseling sessions Fidelity etc. love to give. Jeeze.
