• 1984@lemmy.today
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    12 hours ago

    I’m born in 1975.

    I’m fucking sunk. :)

    I’m having a 50 year old crisis, wants to stop working, wants to travel, wants to have a new life. The entire kit. It’s fun. Really. :)

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      35 minutes ago

      The worst part is knowing you can’t afford to and yet being forced to watch your elderly parents/friends who might be able afford to but can’t because of their health and/or the need to save their money for assisted living (which gets more and more expensive each year).

      I’m not suicidal, but as I watch my parents age I think I will be. I have known several recently deceased who were miserable for the last couple of years of their lives. People who if they had been pets, we would have euthanized. It’s sobering and depressing.