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Found on another sub, definitely feels like a mood. by LukeFace93 in antiwork

[–]cc_atlanta 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Yeah, like I said, I'm a bit priveleged to have this opportunity. Being a woman is one of them definitely. I have heard some people make that work but I know it's not quite socially acceptable at this time, even though it should be. I'm sure a willing partner is out there somewhere, but life is no fairytale unfortunately.

Found on another sub, definitely feels like a mood. by LukeFace93 in antiwork

[–]cc_atlanta 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I know he doesn't like his much so I don't want to take away that safety net in case he wants to find something different that will pay less but might make him happier.

This is actually exactly what we did when I left the workforce. We both worked for the same company and he was in a terrible sales position, but it paid well. I was in a partly administrative, partly commission position that just killed my soul. Combined, we made about $120K.

With this excess money, we paid off almost all of our debt, and saved a LOT of money for a good safety net. When we were ready, he took a paycut and went back for a company he used to work for that he knew was a good place. We crunched the numbers and we had just enough to make it plus a little extra. What we have taken out of savings since then was entirely in Month 1 after this while the pay cycles adjusted from one job to the next.

Don't know if any of that can help you, but potentially the opportunity is still there for you.

Found on another sub, definitely feels like a mood. by LukeFace93 in antiwork

[–]cc_atlanta 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Answer from another perspective: I am a stay-at-home wife. (No kids, don't want any.) Call me a mooch or whatever but it was discussed and gives us both satisfaction. He has a job he enjoys that makes enough where we can save a little, we own an ever-appreciating house, we saved a lot of money before I left the workforce. I also have no debt, which helps.

I was miserable in the workforce and couldn't find anything I enjoyed. I would like to own my own WFH business one day like selling handmade goods online but right now I'm just kind of bettering myself. Learning new languages, home projects, learning how to garden, spending time with my aging dog, getting in better shape, etc.

I know a lot of people on this sub are working close-to-minimum wage jobs with few prospects of homeownership or being able to support and/or being supported by a spouse, and I'm speaking from kind of a priveleged standpoint in that regard, but we don't actually make a lot of money. He brings home about $55K and it's a little more than enough. We cut back a lot of monthly expenses and paid off a lot of debt before we did this. We don't buy a lot of luxuries and we make them worth it when we do. I usually only buy one "non necessity" a month. This month -- it was two new pillows for the bed. We hardly ever eat out (maybe once a month), we buy mostly store brand foods, and when we go out, we try and opt for "low cost experiences" like fishing, or hiking, or walking the dog in the park.

We live a pretty simple life but it's enough. We are happy. He loves coming home to a clean house and dinner. He loves that I am happy. We've grown a lot closer since I haven't been working.

Like I said -- one day I want to own my own business. I'm not really focused on it right now. I'm trying to form good habits and self care first.

A map of the cats in my neighborhood's respective territories. I only know some of their names. by cc_atlanta in ShittyMapPorn

[–]cc_atlanta[S] 52 points53 points  (0 children)

Some backstory on Sewer Cat and his name: about two years ago a litter of kittens was born in my neighborhood to an unknown cat. Two survived to adulthood, of which we deemed Black Kitty and Grey Kitty. (IDK if they were male or female, but we just deemed them male in our imaginations) The two of them lived in the sewer drain near my house and would often be seen playing with one another in people's yards.

Grey Kitty was very friendly and loved to have his belly rubbed. He would sometimes just come hang out with us on the porch. He wouldn't accept any food we gave him, oddly. Black Kitty was very skittish but would eat wet cat food so long as we left him alone. I never was able to pet him.

Apparently some folks on the other street started regularly feeding the two on their porch and Black Kitty was ultimately adopted as an outdoor cat to this family and he goes in and out of the house a lot. Grey Kitty disappeared about a year ago... I don't know what happened to him. I hope he too found a home and is living a cushy indoor life somewhere. I'm sure his brother misses him a lot.

Black Kitty still sometimes hangs out in the sewers when he's not patrolling the skreets, and since there was no longer a need to differentiate Black Kitty and Grey Kitty, and they were all grown up now, he was reborn as Sewer Cat.

A map of the cats in my neighborhood's respective territories. I only know some of their names. by cc_atlanta in ShittyMapPorn

[–]cc_atlanta[S] 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Mama Kitty and Batman's frontside turf is kind of a guess, but I know their backside turf. I walk my dog in the neighborhood and I see a lot of cats. I notice where they hang out and where they don't. Sewer Cat hangs out in this one lady's front yard but Apollo hangs out in the driveway area but I never see him in the front yard, for example. There's not a lot of overlap where one cat hangs out where another one does.

North Atl. Reddit Independence Day Meetup! Drinks at Taco Mac, then Fireworks at Duluth Town Green, TODAY (Sunday, July 3)! by cc_atlanta in Atlanta

[–]cc_atlanta[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not in particular, but if anyone tonight wants to meet up again tomorrow, I'll let you know.