I do not work and we don't have that high of an income. It's just what makes sense for us. Over the years, I've volunteered for various organizations. |
I don't think I would. I like my job well enough, but I hate the politics (academia). I might offer classes on my own with the realization that I probably wouldn't turn a profit. And volunteer. But I'd keep it to 15-20 hours/week. |
This^. Life is short and I don't want to spend whatever is left on the alter of a job. |
I'm a DH who doesn't work. I run the house. Started during covid and it works for us. |
I don't work but you can't not work without people asking if you are working or going to work. People just assume that everyone has to work when they don't. We're also brainwashed by corporations to think that we have to buy things all the time. |
Gonna throw yourself on the funeral pyre someday as well? |
I wouldn’t work if I didn’t have to but I would be very active in volunteering instead. Purposeless breeds depression and anxiety. |
And yet you’re both still working when by your own admission neither of you has to. Sounds less like some altruistic you jump I jump partnership and more that you have zero idea who you are or what you’re interested in outside of your paid employment. |
Why the hate for a supportive spouse? They sound young-ish with many years left to live, perhaps what they have now isn't enough to sustain for the (hopefully) long life they'll have. |
And how exactly is not working purposeless? I can think of lots of ways that people can pass the time without working or formally volunteering. |
I don't have to work and I do, and a very intense job. I'm an idiot. |
Probably because of the “I don’t know how people sleep at night” part of their comment. Super judgmental. |
Not right now. I’m a single parent to elementary kids and would much much prefer to stay home/not have them in aftercare. I would probably volunteer a bit and when they got old enough to be independent do something part time. But I need my salary now and in the future which is why I didn’t take five years off when they were babies even though I wanted to them too — I was scared that if I left I wouldn’t be able to get a job in my field.
I don’t think I’d get bored because I’d probably acquire volunteer stuff and hobby commitments very quickly; that tends to be what I do in my almost nonexistent spare time these days. Note: I would only do this if I magically had the money to do so, not if I had a spouse making enough to cover it. Spouses can die/become disabled/divorce. |
Yes but I would do it part time. Full time is a lot. |
I would keep the job but part time. I work in a school and there's so much BS. I want to keep working with the kids, but get out of some of the meetings and time-wasting. Or I would volunteer my time doing similar work.
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