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[quote=Anonymous]Well I'm mid-40s, do not have "a few million" and still have a kid in elementary. So I'm not semi-retired or rolling in money.

I'm just tired.

My job is fine, I would actually be happy to work more but there is not enough bandwidth for me to focus more on work. DH is burned out on his job but it pays better with better benefits, I'd love to trade places and be the breadwinner for a while but he doesn't want to take on more parenting responsibility either which is problematic. We both have family-related drama with siblings who are struggling and aging parents. I've had multiple health problems in recent years that are maybe partly perimenopause, partly stress.

I am doing less socially because I don't have anything left. I need to sleep more and get better exercise, not go out more. I especially have no interest in making new friends right now, I only want to hang out with people I've known a long time and who get where I'm at and with whom I don't have to do all the getting to know you stuff, which I'm just too tired for. My priorities are: my kids, myself, my spouse, in that order. Of what's left, I do my best at work and with extended family and friends. What I really wish is that I had family who I could rely on and was a support to us, but that's not happening, so I'm just trying to get through.[/quote]

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