Does life kick everyone in the teeth sooner or later?

[Anonymous]

Or do some people get through relatively unscathed?

[Anonymous]

sounds cynical, but i have a huge, huge family and it seems that it gets everyone at some point or another
and the people you think are getting through unscathed eventually get kicked too (sometimes they didnt realize something was going on and the rug is ripped right out from under them)
god, im young to be this cynical...

[Anonymous]

yup

[Anonymous]

I think many get through unscathed. They're also usually real assholes, leading me to believe there's no such thing as karma.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think many get through unscathed. They're also usually real assholes, leading me to believe there's no such thing as karma.

The true outcome of their karma may never be revealed to you as an observer of other's lives. But karma is real.

[Anonymous]

The first 33 years of mine were to-die-for amazing. I even loved jr. high and high school. But it's been kicking me in the a$$ for the past 3 years. Parents divorced after 38 years, DH laid off, infertility, huge relocation for new job for DH, hating where I'm living now, mostly because I have no friends! So yeah, I don't think I'm the outlier - I think it does hit everyone. Once I started having issues in my own life, lots of others with (previously unknown to me) issues started coming out of the woodwork to help/relate/commiserate. Back when my life looked and was more "perfect" I never heard much about the teeth-kicking issues, just more in passing if at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I think many get through unscathed. They're also usually real assholes, leading me to believe there's no such thing as karma.

The true outcome of their karma may never be revealed to you as an observer of other's lives. But karma is real.

Sure.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I think many get through unscathed. They're also usually real assholes, leading me to believe there's no such thing as karma.

I'm with you. I've been "scathed" by some real pieces of work.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The first 33 years of mine were to-die-for amazing. I even loved jr. high and high school. But it's been kicking me in the a$$ for the past 3 years. Parents divorced after 38 years, DH laid off, infertility, huge relocation for new job for DH, hating where I'm living now, mostly because I have no friends! So yeah, I don't think I'm the outlier - I think it does hit everyone. Once I started having issues in my own life, lots of others with (previously unknown to me) issues started coming out of the woodwork to help/relate/commiserate. Back when my life looked and was more "perfect" I never heard much about the teeth-kicking issues, just more in passing if at all.

Parents divorcing after so long hit me too. Where are you living?

[Anonymous]

I wish, but it seems some of us get more than others

[Anonymous]

My hypothesis is that as I have reached the 30s and have children, my circle of acquaintance is much larger and older and therefore I hear of more difficulties (and experience my own). Someone's elderly parents with cancer, DH laid off, children with disabilities, friend coping with depression, etc.

It could be worse.

Stay strong, everyone.

[Anonymous]

I don't think anyone gets though life unsacthed. But there are degrees of scathing that people experience - some get a much worse life to deal with than others.

[Anonymous]

Everyone experiences the death of a loved one at some point.

[Anonymous]

Absolutely. I think it can be a good thing. It's tough but I think the challenges and the hard times help you grow.

Then again there are some really shitty things that shouldn't happen to anyone like losing a child, getting raped, being sent to prison for a crime you never committed and so on. But as for life kicking you in the teeth, get through the hard times and grow and learn from them.