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AIBU?

Share your dilemmas and get honest opinions from other Mumsnetters.

to feel like I'm in prison?

105 replies

TheSunflower5927 · 24/10/2024 09:22

I 36 and I hate working. I've tried changing jobs multiple times but I dont get the enthusiasm other people have. Work full time. All my friends and family dislike their jobs too. The only people that seem to like their jobs are at work. Full time working just takes up so much time the weekend seems too short.

If I didnt work could happily fill my time with fun things to do that arent work

Working full time feels like a prison sentence. Dont know how I can go another 30 or so years it feels like I've got 30 years of my sentence left.

OP posts:
MsNeis · 24/10/2024 14:06

I think YANBU at all, and I personally think it's a tragedy that so many people of our generation (we're roughly the same age) feels this way. I'm sorry, OP. I hope you find a way to feeling more freedom in your life 🙏💐🍀

Larrythebloodycat · 24/10/2024 14:07

Gowlett · 24/10/2024 13:56

Are you married? Would you consider marrying a rich guy?
Where I live, there are plenty of women who don’t work & have a lovely lifestyle, paid for by their husband. They seem happy!

Becoming someone's trophy wife might be an option if you are thin, attractive and well groomed, but you wouldn't have much autonomy. You would need to fall in with your husband's choices about where you lived, went on holiday etc. and who you associated with. You would need to maintain your appearance and provide a high standard of housekeeping. Even if you conscientiously did all that, you could find yourself being traded in for a newer model at any time.

MsNeis · 24/10/2024 14:10

PattyDuckface · 24/10/2024 13:17

You could massively downsize your life in terms of costs - get a tinyhouse, look at how you could live more cheaply in terms of energy and food production.

Then you don't need to work full time

In the time you have free cultivate something you love doing that can be turned into money and then take it from there

We aren't really designed to work like how you describe. I bet once you are in control of your life, time and income your work will become good and rewarding

It's the fxxxxng pointlessness of most jobs and how you can just scrape a life that does most people in.

Find ways around it. Good luck 🍀

This is great advice, yes 👍

Lentilweaver · 24/10/2024 14:12

Hard to advice when the OP hasn't given any details about her life. Children, pension, requirements etc.

MissRoseDurward · 24/10/2024 14:39

I am going to take a year long sabbatical in about a years time and I'm hoping that it will go well enough to convince my husband to make it permanent

Will your husband have to keep working to fund your permanent sabbatical? What happens if he decides he would also like to take a sabbatical?

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