Shout out to commuters
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Anonymous
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My DH looks at his public transportation time (1 hour plus each way) as time to nap/unwind and he doesn't mind it at all. I on the other hand, have never had to commute more than 15 minutes for my job.
Oh my goodness!!!! How do you do it? I have been doing it for 2 weeks and I actually think I am going to lose my mind! Between motion sickness and smelly, rude people this is too much... How do you do it? |
Anonymous
| I had no choice. Due to medical bills I had to file for bankruptcy. I couldn't afford a car. It was awful and really negatively impacted all aspects of my life from productivity at work to our sex life. I became pretty antisocial. As soon as I could get a nonpredatory used car loan, I bought a decent enough vehicle. It is heaven! |
Anonymous
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Ha! I agree with your husband - I much prefer metro to driving. I had to drive in yesterday, and I could not wait to get back on metro today! I'm not a fan of driving in city traffic - so much stop and go, and dealing with crazy drivers and pedestrians coming from out of nowhere.
Different strokes! |
Anonymous
| I commuted for at least an hour (sometimes 90 mins) for over a decade. It was a way to decompress and worked. Now that my kids are older and after getting a divorce, I moved within 1 mile of work. I walk to work and sometimes miss my hour in the car crossing the Bridge. |
Anonymous
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Research suggests that couples in which one partner commutes for longer than 45 minutes are 40% likelier to divorce. Long commutes also increase feelings of loneliness, anxiety, and obesity.
I did an hour commute for a year and it was awful. I gained 10 lbs and was very lonely. |
Anonymous
| For most of my career I had a half hour or so commute, by car, and it was fine unless there was traffic. It got my head going in the morning and I could unwind and listen to music in the early evening. One year I had a ten minute commute and I didn't like it. Not enough "head" time. |
Anonymous
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The only time commute was difficult for my marriage was when kids were small.
Now I think we both enjoy my commute! |
Anonymous
| Money. My husband has done it and is doing it. The more money the more willing he is. |
Anonymous
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I have a 70 minute commute, 50 of those in the metro and I can't complain. I love reading and usually struggle to find the time or energy to do it at home. So nowadays I do all my reading on the metro and I love it.
Then again, the fact that I accepted the longer commute to take a job that I absolutely love helps. I used to have a 10 minute commute and I hated every single day of it. I would spend the entire weekend dreading what Monday would bring. |
Anonymous
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I'll say this, I used to commute to Tysons and now I commute to DC.
My commute to Tysons was 40 minutes on Route 7. My commute to DC is now a bit over an hour, most of it on the metro. So while its longer now, I prefer it so much more than my old commute. |
Anonymous
Sounds like an excuse. And those numbers sound arbitrary. Somebody commuting 30 minutes is only going to commute half an hour less than your 45 minute threshold, that shouldn't be enough to make somebody feel lonely or obese. |
Anonymous
| How do by you gain 10# due to commuting?? Are you eating the entire time? |
Anonymous
Because its an excuse. Commuting has zero relationship with healthy eating habits. And bad eating habits are the #1 driver of obesity. |
Anonymous
| I don't. I live near where I work in central DC. It's a two-minute walk. |
Anonymous
+1 Tubby. |