Would you work if you didn’t have to ?

[Inliverpool1]

Not as in won the lottery but as in it wouldn’t change your world beyond adult company and a bit of a life outside the house ?

Or cat sanctuary even!

Yes I would work. It's not just about the money and getting out of the house. Working keeps your mind active and I truly believe it keeps you young. So I intend to carry on working for as long as I can.

I would. I love work and would get bored being home all day

I'd do one day a week volunteering my services to either a local farm or animal sanctuary, I wouldn't mind visiting new mums in hospital and giving them breastfeeding support either.

Romany what an awful thing to say.
Both me and DH work even though we could survive on just one of our wages. We're both far from stupid.

Some people enjoy their jobs ...it's not all about money.

I would drop paid work and obligations like a shot, but I'd want to fill the time with study and volunteering. I couldn't do nothing for long.

Definitely not.

I think anyone who works who doesn't need the money and has a family are stupid, but we are all different, with different ideals.

Yes you are right. It was very stupid of me to keep my career despite dh earning well and me having kids. Do you think he was stupid for working too?

When he raped me, I had financial independence. I got rid of him, I managed to house me and my children very easily and manage to keep all our Bill's paid. How stupid of me. Except my ideals helped me start again alot easier than some women find it. The whole thing was easier because I worked.

Now I am with dp I would never put myself in a position where I couldnt be independent.

Some women are happy to weigh everything up and take that risk. That's up to them. I dont think they are stupid. I just think they are different.

But I am glad I didnt.

Nope

Yes. I love my job & it makes me feel useful & fulfilled. Being at home would be a disaster for my mental health too.

I would keep working. I work part time, term time anyway. I absolutely love my job even though it’s shit pay. I could easily get another job for more money but we don’t ‘need’ the money and I get a huge sense of job satisfaction.

If I didn't have to work for whatever reason and I could afford some days childcare I'd do something artistic or craft based a few days a week. I would find this so much more rewarding than what I do now. I'd also volunteer one day a week.

Yes, absolutely. I’m lucky to have a very good career that I genuinely love (I’ve also worked very hard to get it). I probably don’t have to work, but I still do because I love what I do.

If I won the lottery, I’d probably work 4 days a week and do something I enjoy on the 5th. But even with a long commute, I wouldn’t change anything. I think it’s good for our dc to see us working in professwe enjoy.

I don’t work.
Sometimes when I realise I haven’t spoken to anyone for a week, I think it might be nice.
But there’s nothing I want to do, I don’t really like people or noise, I have pain issues, can’t stand or sit for long. It would stress me out massively and then I’d have to find holiday care too. It would send me over the edge

I would probably work but not full time and I would do something I absolutely loved as opposed to working to pay the bills.

I don't have to work financially but I am choosing to go back into my previous field of nursing after a long break. Why? Because a large part of my identity and self esteem is taken up by that need to fulfill as useful role in life and also to demonstrate as a role model to my daughter (who need never work financially) that it's important to forge your way in the world and do what fulfils you and makes you happy.

I’d probably give up cleaning toilets, yeah! but I’d have to find myself something else to do for my sanity.

I would not be working at my current place. I'd be able to find plenty of other more enjoyable things to fill my time; hobbies, travelling, etc.

Of course, that assume I won the lottery.

Those people who’ve said they ‘don’t need to work’ — why not? Did you inherit megabucks or make your fortune as an entrepreneur or something? Or does your ‘not need’ depend on someone else’s earning power?

If DH didn’t have to work either then I probably would give up work. If not I’d probably go part-time - 3 days a week. I would miss the routine and my colleagues if I didn’t work.

I haven't worked for thirty years in a paying job. I've done voluntary work for the past eighteen, since my DC went to school. I couldn't just stay at home, I'd be bored rigid.

Nope not a cat in hells chance

No, and I don't. I plan to maybe do part time in future do a couple of projects here and there.

Passive income basically ... it kinda does rely on someone else but they don’t work either so

I haven't worked for 8 years and have no plans to in the near future.
I honestly don't think I could handle working at the moment unless I absolutely had to financially. I've never coped well mentally with the routine of working. Also we decided as a family a couple of years ago that DH would take a promotion that means he works away 3-5 nights a week, this only works for us all because I'm at home.