What's your life like?

[QueenOfIce]

I'm nosy interested. I see people from all walks of life all over the world and as I see them doing whatever they're doing I wonder what their life is like. Are they happy, do they enjoy their job etc..

What's your life like?

Pretty shit at the moment ent if I'm honest!!

Also pretty shit

Stressful job , eat and drink too much , kids and dh bicker

Not enough exercise , nearly 50 and not sure I can be arsed for another 30, 40 years

Don't feel enthusiastic about much , Christmas for example means having to see in-laws and it's all so Damn tedious

Think I've got Sunday night blues

T’is grand. Generally quite happy and content. No major dramas, no major excitement.

Very happily married.
No kid, by choice, and happy with that.
Love my job.
Close to my family.
Small group of great friends.
No major financial worries.
Need to lose weight.
Have a persistent cough that I need to get looked at.
Like the city I live in, but would like to move to a nicer area, and to a bigger house.

On the whole pretty good.
I'm happy most of the time and quite lucky although it hasn't always been that way.
I'm a sahm to 4 dc the youngest has just started school dh earns good money, we live in a big enough house and are comfortable.

Very different to my life 12 years ago when I left my abusive ex with just an eight month old baby under one arm and a suitcase.

In some ways good. I have 2 lovely kids. I have a few nice friends. A good job. My dm is lovely. My dh is makes me laugh every day.

But I just lost my dad and lost my only sibling a few years ago. I miss them Both very much. I also miss the balance they brought to the family. My job is full of politics which I find tiring. I worry about Dd2 and her resilience in the face of friendship challenges. She bottles stuff up and it scares me.

Dh is a tricky character. A great dad and a good partner in some ways. A lovely boyfriend. But he's quite set in his ways, struggles with change and can be very self absorbed. We have the same moral values and aspirations but not many similarities in terms of interests/hobbies/politics. He loves me very much but can be snappy. When it's just us we get in excellently but introduce others and it can get tense.

Trying to help my mum into widowhood and give her the support she needs and I want to give is immensely stressful and the 2 people
I would usually talk to about the difficulties of life (her and dh) are the ones that cause it so I feel isolated atm.

Gosh that was a bit of a stream of consciousness. Sorry it's so long.

Oh and I'm getting fat again.

Stressful.
Work is stressful, I am doing my own full-time job and a colleague's as she is on mat leave and there is no cover for her.
Both my parents are ill and I am worried about them but there's nothing I can do.
When I'm home the DC bicker and whine and shout all the time. They don't listen to me and won't help tidy up.
DH is a SAHD but I end up doing everything at the weekends and in the evenings so I'm short tempered with the DC and tired all the time. I get very little me-time.
Money is tight, DH is grumpy, complains he's tired all the time and does nothing but play on his phone. There's no affection, he barely looks at or speaks to me.
I just want to get in the car and check into a hotel forever a weekend so I can drink wine and eat chocolate and watch what I want to watch on TV. And where I don't have to speak to anyone if I don't want to.
I also need to lose weight as I feel fat and my mum keeps making comments about me being "a bigger girl now" which makes me feel shit.

Sorry for the massive moan, you wouldn't know if you met me how I feel as I try to be happy and smiley but it's mostly an act. Definitely got the Sunday night blues here!

Amazing!

Very happily married to my best friend of 11 years. DH is an absolute dream. We never argue.

No children by choice (DH had a vasectomy at 25).

I will be giving up my 9-5 soon (even though I love it) because I’ve been able to earn a living via my blog.

DH and I have travelled to several new countries this year. Just got back from holiday and flying out to new destination next weekend.

I love that my life is my own. Love napping, spending the whole day binge watching movies in my PJs. I need an organised, tidy and quiet environment which is what I have.

Any chores we don’t enjoy we outsource them to other people (housekeeper etc) leaving more time to enjoy life.

Wouldn’t change it for the world!

I don't hear moaning, I hear how hard some lives can be and ultimately how sad some people are.

I have mixed feelings about my life. Lots of things are good. I have a flexible job that, with some planning, I only have to do for 6-8 months of the year (I’m freelance in something that’s in demand). My current role is a WFH one which has been a godsend while I go through the hell of menopause! I use the time off to go travelling. I had my kids young so they are grown up and they are happy, so that makes me happy. But I never really succeeded at relationships, and I’ve given up now. It saddens me a little but then I think, well we don’t all get everything we want in life. I suppose that’s part of why I travel so much though. I would rather be alone somewhere fun and interesting, than alone sitting on my sofa!

Generally pretty good. Happy with my DP, though we have our moments (which couples don't), and our two children are growing up ok.
I enjoy most of my work, but find it stressful on occasions when trying to fit too much in. Fortunately the children (their adults for goodness sake) are independent enough not to need too much nurturing. I'm looking forward to not having to work, but that seems way off in the future.
I struggle trying to loose weight, and have recently joined a walking club with DP: hopefully that should help. I used to run but find it difficult fitting it in - or I'm just lazy. My body seems to be aging more quickly than I would like!
Brexit is causing me worry: I can't seem to just let it wash over me as I get all wound up. Perhaps thats why I'm going grey?

I’m happy!
Life is generally good. I have a very happy marriage. We’ve Got two kids (1 of our own & 1 we are guardians for) and they bring us immense joy. Another baby due in a few weeks.
I love my work and i’ve got loads of lovely family, friends & colleagues around me.

Yes, we have stressors. Money, family etc. But we don’t dwell & we make the best of the things we do have. Life has dealt us some cards that taught us it’s way too short & too precious to waste time being unhappy about things you can’t change.

I practice mindfulness & cannot rave enough about the peace it has brought me.

@QueenOfIce thank you. I can't offload IRL as I don't want to burden others or be made to feel like I'm moaning

On paper - shite. Especially financially.

Living it though, is great. DH, kids, wider family on my side, few on his, good friends. We're happy, healthy and we've got each other.

I've been through worse times, so honestly enjoy the okay times and I'm grateful for them. If you saw me when people watching you'd think look at the state of her, hair needs cut, no make-up, hole in leggings, old trainers - but I'd be smiling.

I'm 27.
I don't think I really know how to be happy.
My grandmother died a month ago.
I grew up in house with a lot of domestic violence.
Sexual abuse with a cousin at 7.
I had panic attacks at 9.
Self harming at 14.
I was bullied at secondary school.
I have been diagnosed with clinical depression and BPD.

But I start my 5th year of medical school in late september. => Eat, study, sleep, repeat. My therapist has been the only reason I'm alive today.

I have good days and I have bad days but I take it one moment at a time. I spend a lot of time in bed with a soft blanket- when I'm overwhelmed.

I want to study maths and learn french. Audiobooks, coffee and scented candles make me happy.

Manic but fun
Married to a lovely bloke
3 kids who drive me up the wall and make me so proud I could burst in equal measure. Oh, and they make me laugh a LOT
Quit a 15 year career and took up something I love instead that actually pays better so I could spend time with said kids
Have a plethora of pooches
Love walking and now running although am injured at the moment
Worry about money and kids on occasion
Am happy with my social circle

@cattaxi Mindfulness is wonderful. On the outside my life looks crazy but on the inside, thanks to mindfulness, I have more peace than I did when life was quieter

@MillieMoodle
Pain at the end of the day is still pain. If you were my friend I would want to support you. Sometimes there are no words, but just having someone else there can really be enough. I hope you can open up to someone in RL.

Right now it's pretty good. I'm married and we have two children, aged 5 and 10. Youngest is Sen which can provide challenges. We have our own home. We mostly get along nowadays. We live comfortably, we aren't rich and can't ever save but have enough to have good food, good gin, a holiday abroad every other year and a tourer caravan we take away in the six weeks holidays. I'd say the only things I'm not happy with are my weight and the fact me and DH don't get much alone time. My mum is young (52) so she's great with the kids but lives in Wales and we live in England. My dad doesn't ever want the kids over night. DH is estranged from his mum and step dad so we don't have them.

Erm... i'm doing good.

I've left a LTR that I was unhappy in, Ive been promoted, I'm in the process of buying a house for me and DS to make our home, I'm about to embark on an MSc...

On the flip side I fell for a friend who whilst the feelings are mutual, has decided its a case of 'right person, wrong time' - I miss him terribly and im struggling to pick myself up. I know I will get there, but right now i'm wallowing in heart broken self pitty and it's a bit shit.

I’m happy married to a lovely man for 20 years
Son is grown up and doing well
Plenty of money in the bank and a very stress free life generally money and time to do pretty much what I want within reason
Parents are getting on and dealing with them can be stressful but overall I’m very happy and realise that a lot of people have it a lot worse

It’s a bit poop if I’m honest. Mid 20s and disabled, with a toddler.
Not how I planned things, was very ambitious but post baby my body just kind of gave up. Husband is wonderful and I have some very supportive people round me. But I just feel like I want to have some impact or a job to do apart from what feels like surviving day to day really. I feel utterly useless as a wife, a mum and a member of society 90% of the time.

It's quite good on the whole. I'm in my 50s, married to a wonderful man, DC now grown, no financial worries, a great job, a nice house.

But the job can be stressful, the DC have given me a few extra worries recently, I've elderly parents who will soon start to need more care & I'm not in the same country, I've some minor health niggles of my own & I need to lose weight.

But on balance I consider myself very fortunate.

Work great. I'm lucky to have a fab job in a brilliant industry with great colleagues.
Home mostly good. Nice home in a good place, lucky on both counts.
Finances objectively quite good but I am a worrier and can never have enough of a safety net.

Personal life shitshow. Single and emotionally fragile following a horrible relationship breakdown. Don't feel I'll ever be ready to give my heart away again.

I’m actually happy for the first time in my life.

I’m nearly 40. I am disabled. I have a disabled child. And a teenager. My husband has well managed manic depression. We are very low income but are a happy little family, we enjoy spending time together. My abusive mum died this year and I finally feel like I’m getting a second chance at life, to live without being judged. So I intend to enjoy myself, as much as I can anyway.

In previous years I had a very high earning senior job which I hated. An abusive now ex dh. I spent my teens bullied so badly I had a breakdown and missed years of school.

So I’m quite happy with my life now. I just wish my health was better (vision problems, chronic asthma, autoimmune conditions etc).

Honestly...really fucking hard. Three kids, two have Sen (one is very affected by their Sen), we don’t have a lot of spare money to do anything and I’m hugely fat. This morning I started crying in the shower for an unknown reason.