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Wait until you have real problems, OP, such as a child with special needs, a life-threatening health crisis, job loss, money troubles, etc.

This is nothing.
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FFS. We get it. People are starving and dying. Can we just talk in this forum about the mundane sh*t and vent sometimes or are we only allowed to post about saving lives?[/quote]

I was talking about MY life in the DC area, thank you. We have survived through all these things, like many other people. I could be your neighbor or colleague.

This is the lesson I learned: you only have one life. Unless you or a loved one is dying or in pain, you better be grateful and happy for what you have.

Sure you can take a little time out to complain about minor things, but at some point, you have to get your act together. While you're wasting your time looking at the glass half-empty, life is passing you by.

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Good lord...I hate people who think other people aren't allowed to complain about things because their own problems are so much worse. There is no one that doesn't agree that those are "real" problems and your sentiment about being grateful for what you have is correct, but please stop being all sanctimonious on anonymous online forums.[/quote]

This all day. And this was MY point. Just because A isn't as bad as B doesn't negate A. No one cares about your anecdotal "you only get one life!" that is literally on bumper stickers along with all the other inspirational memes and quotes that really do nothing but make a person feel guilty for feeling something other than enormously grateful to be alive. And you likely may be my neighbor or colleague or anyone who breathes because we ALL go through bigger problems.

It's dismissive and frankly - NOT WHAT THE FORUM IS ABOUT. OP came here to post/vent about everyday life - not the existential and I'm sure is smart enough to figure out that in the big scheme of things this may be a small matter. She brought the small matter here - where no one is curing cancer but rather giving some advice and going about our very lives that we should be ever so grateful for.[/quote]

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