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irriationally grrrr
Okay, so this a-hole posts on his fb wall "Unless you work 24-7, if you don't have kids, you can't complain about being tired."
Now, this isn't the first time I have seen something similar recently but ^^^that and the comment "Oh, you are so lucky you don't have kids, you can sleep in" REALLY p!ss my @ss OFF.
You DO NOT want me to get started on this. LIFE CHOICES people.
LIFE.CHOICES.
Re: irriationally grrrr
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You're right, we made the choice to have kids and forfeit the ability to sleep in.
But you made the choice to become an accountant and I can't say that I understand the stress of tax time. So if you complain about lack of sleep/stress/etc during that time am I allowed to say you don't have the right to complain because it was your choice?
not attacking you at all, btw, just using you as an example.
This is along the same vein as, "If you don't have kids, you just don't understand."
What, I don't understand love, compassion, frustration, exhaustion, patience (or lack of), and the myriad of other emotions I feel because I don't have children? Uh, okay...
I think my point is: Just because I don't have kids doesn't mean I am not tired. You're right, I DO NOT have an 8-5 job, which I don't have a problem with and is my choice - mostly because I like expensive shoes and bags. But that is exactly my point. Who the hell goes home at *exactly* 5pm and sits around all night long, doing nothing, then wakes up whenever their body naturally feels like it, thus being constantly refreshed? I know of no one that has the priviledge of doing this. Kids or not, we all have stuff that makes our lives stressful.
Also, I am not an acountant, I do not "do" taxes, and have never complained about how tired I am during "that time" because I have nothing to do with it. I do not ever think I complain about how tired I am. I had worked 70 hours last week by Thursday at 5pm (which happens often, FYI) and I do not think I complain about the hours I work/being tired. I DO complain about the idiots I work with. I will give you that.
ITA with everything Puppy!
Now my rant-I get so pi$$ed when everyone tells me I have all the time in the world to do whatever. WHATEVER; I normally work 50 hours a week, I leave my house at 7am every morning M-F, get home after 9pm Mon and Tues, W-F varies on get home but its never before 6-630. There are days I leave work and I am totally exhauseted mentally from everything we had going on that day even though I have a "desk" job. I also am a conultant for a direct selling business so when I have shows they can last anywhere from 2-4 hours and when I go to meet with someone intrested in doing a show that can last up to 2 hours. SO really I do not have all the time in the world! Oh, and just beacuse you may do physical labor does not make you any more intitled to be tired, exhausted or whatever than the next person.
With all of that said-I do understand that rather your a SAHM, working mom or just a career women EVERYONE gets tired! Everyone has the right to be lazy when they can if they wish so don't judge until you have walked in thier shoes!
I am way more tired now than I was pre-kid. So very tired. Hungry, too, b/c I don't always have the hands or time to eat.
BUT, pre-kid, I was a high school teacher, had summers, weekends, and holidays off, left my house at 7:20 a.m. and pulled back in my driveway at 3:45 a.m. every day, and had an hour planning period and an hour lunch to myself every day. Pretty cushy.
It's not like I was pulling 80 hour weeks as an ER doc or something.
I agree --> Life choices. Everything we do or choose has some type of consequence or result!
I just get tired of people b!tching on FB in general.
That statement makes me stabby. I can't stand it when parents say that to non parents.
Wait, you had a plan AND an hour separate for lunch to yourself? Dang.
Yep. We were on block schedule. To be more specific: Four periods in a day. I taught three 85 minute periods and had the other for plan. Lunch was 55 minutes, but we did have to allocate the first half to student help (retakes, extra help, absent work, etc.) That occurred about twice a week for me.
I totally agree. Life choices. I chose to have children, so the sleepless nights I experience when kiddo is sick is on me. My sister has this ridiculous social life, but she never complains about how tired she can get because she chose to do all the stuff she does.
Now, don't get me wrong - I'll still b!tch [usually on Twitter] about early mornings, late nights and needing more sleep. But again, life choices. That's all on me.
I find the 'nobody can possibly be as tired as me' martyrdom obnoxious no matter who is throwing it around. I don't care if someone else thinks my tiredness is valid enough or not and I don't he to pretend my life is so much harder than everyone else's either.
My ex used to ttell me how he worked so much harder than me and deserved to relax more because his job included manual labor. Well mine was pretty damn high stress and mentally taxing too so that never sat well with me.
And finally, after residency/internship, ER doctors typically pull 12 12 hour shifts per month. 144 hours total, less than a typical 40 hour workweek.
I think the takeaway from all of this is everyone should STFU with the complaining on FB.
This is why you sleep through the second quarter, halftime and third quarter, then come back in the fourth. This is what I've done the entire playoffs.
I am not going to lie, I have missed large portions of the game to get some shut eye. But I somehow end up feeling MUCH worse in the morning than if I would have stayed up the entire game....
I know I had it good, trust me. I'm so sad to leave. It really was the best job, great students, great staff, good schedule, etc.
I definitely worked a LOT more my first year, but I had it pretty easy after that. I did teach drama, and that got hectic, but it was only for six weeks or so each year.
Very correct. I should have clarified and said resident or intern. That's where our friends are now in their medical careers, so those are the work week hours I'm thinking of.
Gotcha. I only know this from talking to a friend who is there as well.