• expatriado@lemmy.world
    642·
    3 months ago

    as someone with a job, studying a masters and in partial custody of a toddler, i won’t get the middle panel for a while

    pro tip: take your toddler to a library with kids section, they leave you alone while they play with other kids while you study

    • Toneswirly@lemmy.world
      13·
      3 months ago

      YMCA near me has a supervised kids section if you wanna drop em off and go for a swim or something. Kinda scary leaving em with a stranger but you gotta do what you gotta do for sanity.

    • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
      21·
      2 months ago

      I hate parents that come to the library while I’m there with my own children and they expect me and staff to clean up shit after their kid while they study.

      • bassomitron@lemmy.worldEnglish
        6·
        2 months ago

        It depends. If their kid is well behaved and their parents are close by (within a ~10 feet/~3m of the child), I don’t mind much. I only get annoyed when kids’ parents just straight up leave the immediate area without asking me first if I can keep an eye on them for a few minutes. Though, in the library, it isn’t that big of a deal, since the kids areas tend to be well monitored by staff and open enough for parents to have clear line of sight. And I am 100% not afraid of telling a stranger’s kid to clean their shit up afterwards in the library. If they get mad at me I’ll just point up at the big board with the rules in our library that says to clean up after yourself.

    • MisterFrog@lemmy.world
      9·
      2 months ago

      I feel like practically every second session I’m qualifying some situation of feeling stressed with: “Unfortunately with the current economic system we have I need to…”

      I wouldn’t be working so hard all the time if I didn’t need to so that I might possibly be allowed to have a permanent place of residence -_-

      • squid_slime@lemm.ee
        2·
        2 months ago

        I’m there with you, useful for me was joining community projects. they give me meaning

      • squid_slime@lemm.ee
        2·
        2 months ago

        I’m on antidepressants :D depression has been on the rise along side the decay of society, theres correlations between social media and mental health :P

  • dubyakay@lemmy.ca
    18·
    2 months ago

    This is the opposite for me. Children are at daycare/school during the week. I finally get to have some thoughts to myself.

    Weekends can be a nightmare when it’s bad weather.

    • I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world
      310·
      2 months ago

      Sounds like you shouldn’t have had kids. Beyond the fact that it’s an incredibly selfish act in today’s world, you don’t seem like you like them.

  • Crackhappy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    8·
    3 months ago

    Thank the universe, I don’t have a job like that. Most of the time I get very bored on the weekends and look forward to the challenges my job presents.

    • Danquebec@sh.itjust.works
      4·
      2 months ago

      I have a challenging and interesting job as well, but having young children, my weekends are busy. But even without children, I know I’d always have something to do. I always do things I like to do when I have free time.