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No, my work has a purpose. Taking care of an empty house is NOT a purpose. If you were volunteering several days a week and your work had a purpose, then yes, I agree. But if you do nothing purposeful other than “how many shows should I watch today” or “which gym class should I take at the gym”, then your day to day life has no purpose. But please tell what is your purpose. My work involves research and the purpose of my work is to eradicate world poverty. Also, I have two kids and I am trying (to the best of my ability) to give them a happy life and teaching my daughters that even if they will never NEED to work, they can still contribute by doing something meaningful that is not clean up after their husband 30 minutes of everyday.[/quote]

So because my home doesn't have children in it, it's empty?  Give me a break.

What is my purpose? I don't need to contribute to the outside world to have a purpose.  I contribute to society by contributing to my world.  Just because I am unemployed doesn't mean I'm a hermit. I'm an immense giver and I help people tremendously. Today I walked one of my neighbor's dogs.  When a college-aged neighbor asked me if I could give her a ride to the bus stop once last semester because her mom had a 7am doctors appointment, I discovered said girl's first class was at the same time as my yoga class (oh the horror, I have time for yoga!) and proceeded to drive her downtown to her class for the rest of the semester.  She saved an hour and a half in the mornings with my ride.  When someone posts on the neighborhood facebook page at 2pm on a Wednesday that a pipe burst at their house guess who is available to run down there with a water key and turn off their water for them? When my grandmother fell and broke her hip guess which family member could drop everything and go stay with her for 5 weeks?  Get the idea now?  I could go on and on.

Having the leisure of time gives me purpose and I don't really care if that's not of the same global importance as curing cancer or world hunger.

I don't know where you got the idea that all OP does is clean up after her husband so assuming as much just shows your general disdain for females who don't work. [/quote]

If you are happy with this life OP good for you. Most people would not be[/quote]

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