Worse.

I feel like I've wasted my wife's life and am setting my kid behind.

Stuck in a job with shitty pay and shitty hours but I'm struggling to change careers. No other industry respects my job experience, no other job in industry would have better hours, and I'm old enough (32) that I can't take a huge paycut for a few years without drastically altering our family's lifestyle. And my wife doesn't want to move for a few years, so I'm fighting everyone else in my same situation in this same small city for the shrinking pool of jobs, just trying to get my foot in somewhere.

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Posted by O

Mandeville

Member since Oct 2011

6472 posts

Posted on 2/23/21 at 6:53 pm to Muthsera

quote:
Worse.

I feel like I've wasted my wife's life and am setting my kid behind.

Stuck in a job with shitty pay and shitty hours but I'm struggling to change careers. No other industry respects my job experience, no other job in industry would have better hours, and I'm old enough (32) that I can't take a huge paycut for a few years without drastically altering our family's lifestyle. And my wife doesn't want to move for a few years, so I'm fighting everyone else in my same situation in this same small city for the shrinking pool of jobs, just trying to get my foot in somewhere.

Keep your head up and do your best, baw. Be the best husband and father you can and everything else will follow. Money isn't everything.

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Posted by kywildcatfanone

Wildcat Country!

Member since Oct 2012

119544 posts

Posted on 2/23/21 at 6:54 pm to Muthsera

quote:
Worse.

I feel like I've wasted my wife's life and am setting my kid behind.

Stuck in a job with shitty pay and shitty hours but I'm struggling to change careers. No other industry respects my job experience, no other job in industry would have better hours, and I'm old enough (32) that I can't take a huge paycut for a few years without drastically altering our family's lifestyle. And my wife doesn't want to move for a few years, so I'm fighting everyone else in my same situation in this same small city for the shrinking pool of jobs, just trying to get my foot in somewhere.

I feel for you. I'm close to retirement myself, but for young people today, I see a fairly bleak future. Automation and liberalism will reduce good paying jobs as time goes by.

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