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[quote=Anonymous]I work in a federal office setting with 98% females. The daily office drama, bullying, gossiping is just not for me anymore. The demands of my job are stressful and to deal with mean girls on top of it is a lot to deal with. I'm in my early 40s and really cannot take this every day. Literally, I feel like I'm driving every day to work and going to prison. I have  developed a very high blood pressure over the last couple of months, which has never been high before; I do exercise, eat very healthy and have no health problems in general. I can only attribute it to high stress and anxiety of work. There are nice coworkers in my office as well, don't get me wrong, but I'm not working closely with them. I don't have a " soul mate" at work, that I could just laugh and talk to. 
 I don't know if I'm developing  premenopausal symptoms or what. I have read that premenopausal symptoms can be very bad. I only have  8 years under my belt  in the government, so to me it looks like, either I put up with another 20 years in the government or so to get a decent pension, or leave now. It is also impossible to transfer to another department, because of my niche skills.  I am considering quitting my job altogether, take a break for a couple of months, and then maybe return to work in private sector. Remote work has never been an option, so cannot do that. 
I'm married and we have a young child ( 10 years old). My husband has been semi retired and already draws pension. He works part-time. Our combined annual gross income is $160K only. We have about $1.3 mln combined retirements savings, paid off house and no other debt. Since my husband has worked for federal government, we have health insurance through him, so I don't have to worry about that. I'm thinking that if I would quit, we would be OK, but we couldn't really enjoy anything extra in life ( like more expensive vacations etc.). We live in Northern Virginia, and everything is getting so expensive, that I know I need to work and do something to bring an income.
Any professional females can you give me some advice on what to do. Have you been in similar situation? Appreciate any advice.[/quote]

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