I have often found no one is as excited to explain the benefits of not smoking as someone who has just quit "I can taste things properly!!" "I just can't bear the smell now". As a life long non smoker i just smile but it all seems a bit trite and as a non smoker i understand perfectly well how gross it is.
So, aibu to think that finding a new hobby/view/ belief is one of the most annoying things ever?
A friend of mine has 1dc age 7 and has for the last year done 1 night shift a week and has recently applied to uni. Dc will be in before /after school clubs and holiday clubs. Super- i have congratulated her and said positive things.
Then the conversation turns to me - why don't i do a degree? I reply i have one already. But why don't i retrain? I reply my job suits me now my dc are little and i may think about doing something later (dc are 4yo and 3m), at which point friend "reassures" me that i will be fine and i can still do something with my life!? Wtf. I work 3 days a week in a managerial role that i like. Why is it that just because they are re thinking their life they think everyone else should ? She then started up on mutual friend who apparently could do sooooo much more!