DH comes from a very academically able family, all in high-flying jobs - globe-trotting accountants, award-winning doctors, business professionals.
I always feel as though every time we meet up, they have to gear themselves up to talk to me (who has an admin-type job, which is fairly well-paid, requires good qualifications and which other people would possibly envy) about my not-very-glamorous job, which involves no travel and has no discernible value (i.e. I don't exactly save lives or win awards, or make multi-million pound deals). They always ask exactly the same questions to me ("and how is your job?"), yawn through my 2 minute answer and then spend about 20 mins telling me all about how wonderful they are. This is sort of fine - I'm glad they're doing so well and enjoying their lives so much. I guess I always feel quite low-achieving and dull in comparison and always feel they wander off to talk to someone more exciting as soon as poss.
Just looking for some tea and sympathy really and to feel like I do have some value somewhere!
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BrockleyBird · 08/02/2016 11:52
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