The title is pretty self explanatory, just wondering if this is more common than I thought, as I was chatting to friends, and one is a SAHM, hates it wants a job. Versus One who is gutted she has to work two jobs to make ends meet and wishes she chose a better career path, juxtaposed with the consultant registrar, who wished she'd chosen a less stressful job, so she could have more sociable hours so she could leave her husband, contrasting with another friend who wishes she wasn't pregnant and about to become a single parent after a one night stand, who is gutted that she doesn't see any of her friends as she really wants to go out more, contrasting again with another one of the group who hardly wants to leave the house or see anyone as her infertility struggle is absolutely destroying her.
Don't get me wrong we aren't all totally miserable all the time, but it's clear that when we see eachother sometimes we are quick to pick and chose the good bits about eachothers lives, and decide that the grass is greener for everyone else?
(This sounds much more toxic than it is, and no one actually thinks anyone in the group actually has it lots better than them, just looking at it with my rational outside looking in hat on, I can see we all have one thing that the other person wants!)