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Any other 30 somethings who just have no idea what they're doing?

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oreosareyummy · 25/04/2023 11:02

I'm early 30s. Technically married but in name only, need to divorce but can't be bothered, an average job, no kids, mortgaged house.

I have no desire to climb the career ladder, don't want to date again and work through the mess that is the dating scene. My window to have kids is slowly closing but I'm not in a position to do so.

I just feel lost and like I will live everyday like this for the rest of my life but I have no energy to do anything new or make a change. I feel too old really to make a big change without it really defining my life.

Is there anyone else who can relate?

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Farmersswife · 25/04/2023 11:34

I can’t relate completely but have felt similar in the past. Do you have hobbies you enjoy? Maybe divorcing and having time to yourself would be beneficial?
hope things pick up soon

Thestruggler · 25/04/2023 11:51

I can understand this a bit. 38, no real career. Ive always just had jobs. Was happy in my last one but had to leave as the money wasn't great, miss it every day. I liked knowing what to expect and being able to get on with my own thing
hate my current job, as the place is so disorganised but feel stuck as also trying to support my mother so need the money to make it all work.
I can't seem to grasp adult life at all and just feel like I'm stumbling through darkness. Im always exhausted despite having an office job where I sit on my ass all day.
Married with kids but every day is just going through the motions. Kids sports clubs, house work, shopping- no time to exercise properly and I'm just getting bigger and more bitter each day.

onefinemess · 25/04/2023 12:06

It's modern life OP.

We're living a 21st century life in a 19th century system.

If we all still believed in religion, going to Mass every Sunday, paying our dues to the Church roof fund, going forth, multiplying, filling the earth and conquering it. If we all still believed in capitalism, being good little tax payers, meek and obedient citizens, prostrating ourselves at the altar of consumerism, then we'd all be deliriously happy.

But we're no happy, the Church is irrelevant, capitalism is failing us. What are we all to do now?

I think the next decade is going to bring a lot of change.

We can't just keep going on like this.

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