Things you 'should' feel guilty for but don't

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I don't like my mother but she helps with childcare

I don't food recycle we never have much tbf i just can't be bothered and the flies in the summer are horrific,

Fair I suppose as long as it doesn't cause an issue with your child.

Small spatula and then, like all my other recycling, the dishwasher. Easy peezy.
My thing I don’t feel guilty about is running the dishwasher 2 or 3 times a day. Everything goes in. I don’t hand wash.

Eating a six pack of crisps in one go. Typically cheese and onion with a litre of cold milk 😁

Oh God, I recently discovered the joys of frozen chopped onions, garlic and ginger. It has genuinely changed my life. No one tries to make me feel guilty about it though.
My sister does think it hilarious and scandalous that I have a cleaner. I have a physical condition that makes manual work painful. Plus I'd just rather spend the little free time I have on doing other things.

This sounds beyond dreamy? Is it with a local salon or a chain?

@Coffeeishot We don't live in an area with food recycling! It's very limited what our council expect us to do but I still don't even properly sort that.

Food caddies are coming but I can't see me being much better!

I was criticised for flying three times in a year but my answer was that planes going to take off whether I’m on it or not .

Wow! I'd love this! Where are you and how much does it cost?? x

I don't give blood. I could do but needles and blood make me feel queasy. I nearly fainted having blood tests when I was pregnant. I contribute to society in other ways and have stopped feeling guilty about not donating blood.

Having a different contract at work to most of my colleagues, with better hours, holidays and pay. The company changed hands and a few of us kept our original contracts. New staff are on worse contracts.
No guilt at all.

Guilt is a wasted emotion isn't it ?
I work from home one day a week and take the dog for a walk and go the gym

I’m retired and I have a cleaner. Started when I broke my ankle and it’s great, she’s incredibly efficient, a very nice person and has far higher standards than I do. I’d rather be walking and gardening.
In my defence I am, apparently, a recycling fascist so I’m not completely beyond redemption.

Also I don't feel guilty for leaving my lazy ex. He has his child 1 in 6 weekends and 2 nights in the week. Hardly great dad material.

I should feel guilty for working full time as a mum of a toddler, and I don't feel a moments guilt.

People always used to guilt trip me for working when DDs were small, even when I only worked 3/4 days. As if it were even an option. I was the main earner even when part time, not in a little job I just fancied doing for for pin money to get me out of the house. I'd just say "Well, I don't know about you but I think it's quite nice to be able to pay the mortgage and bills!"

Saying No without a reason to things I don't want to do. I feel like I should feel bad and unhelpful and rude (as I did for most of my 'people pleasing' life). But I don't.

I feel no guilt whatsoever now for declining to help you move house, decorate, join you for Aquasize classes or come round for a BBQ if I don't feel like it. I've been known to simply say 'No thanks' or occasionally, 'I don't want to'.

I need to work for money and my mental health so 🤷‍♀️

Me too 🤣

I’m sort of similar, where colleagues in my team came in through a company buyout. I earn £20k a year more than them for doing the same job and get a car too.

Don’t feel at all guilty, but they would go mental if they found out.

I don't think you should feel remotely guilty for this. I'd feel proud of having got the work-life balance so right.

According to MN I should have "mother's guilt".
I don't at all.

What about?

For saying I have period pain and getting sympathy from partner and a cuppa when really I'm just stuffed from the pizza I ate at my parents earlier in the day.

On MN people have mother's guilt for, seemingly, everything. Working, not working, going out, having friends, not being wealthy, not spoiling their children, spoiling their children. It's all very strange.

Occasionally I will book a day off work to have a chill out day. My son still goes to after school care on those days.

I’m burnt out from working full time and being a single parent. 1 day to do feck all makes a difference