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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I don’t get it. She gets home at 6:15pm. That’s plenty of time to grab drinks with friends, go to the gym, watch a show, make a dinner, take a shower or some combo. 
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I think part of the problem is that work takes your prime energy hours and leaves you with the exhausting evening hours. Add in things like cooking dinner, needing to get laundry done, other chores and childcare, there just isn’t much usable time in the evening. What good is free time if everything else is zapping your energy to make the most of that free time.

Honestly this is why I work from home. I want to go for a run or grocery shop in the middle of the day, not at 7 pm. [/quote]

Well, welcome to the real world, I guess. Maybe, go to the grocery store on the weekends like most people. Put a load of laundry in the wash in the am and then in the dryer in the pm? I’m just stunned that you and her can’t figure her real life out with a regular 9-5 job and getting home at 6:15. Sure most people are tired in the evening. But she’s young. She’ll figure it out. She doesn’t need full time pay to get off at 2pm so she can feel energized and go to the grocery store.

This is also a reminder to be careful when selecting a major in college and understanding what job prospects that has, what potential salary, and where geographically you can work. Sounds like this woman works in NYC, one of the most expensive cities in the US. So she’s crying that as a recent college graduate she can’t afford to live in NYC, close to where she works. Did she take that into consideration when she decided to take that job? She did understand school loans have to be repaid, allowing less fun money. These are serious conversations and considerations people need to have. She’s an adult now. These are grown up issues. That’s life. [/quote]

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