I kinda wish I hadn't left but at the time it seemed like the only option

@LushDeadlymau125 it’s not very different

@MawLr as in?

I got so fed up depressed and angry one night I smashed a mirror and cut my hand real bad

The issue is, if I do stem I'm gonna have no time with my kids.

Teaching isn't year round, you get school holidays. You work school hours.

STEM, especially engineering, sucks the life out of you

or what's left of it

@Wrath don’t do anything until your kids have grown up

@LushDeadlymau125 as in it feels like a glorified year 12 most of the time, just surrounded by thots and insufferable people

I don't have any kids yet, why wouldn't I start now so that when they are school aged I can work while they are away?

Reason why I dumped my ex: she wanted to be a doctor but will take 7 years to finish a fucking bachelor's in STEM

You don’t need to prove anything, wrath

because you have to be ready if your kids are

sick

or prepare the

house

I mean, my mum is bored out of her mind and she wants a job

I feel like I'm never gonna get married because I couldn't handle atomization and constant separation from my future family

because my sister and I are away

Finding a good woman without a career is impossible

You can be smart and put it to other stuff and still raise kids

It all seems so hopeless I feel like all the paths lead to dead end

personally, I feel that women should have the option of having jobs after their kids have left

Or just have more kids

Unless you're like 37

@kgoodsir99 pick your head up, king. Your crown is falling

Kids aren't a one sided thing.

Bruh I have been through the wringer these past months

And raising kids in the states is expensive.

Thank you though @Astro

Well that's sacrafice for ya.

People think too much about their kids getting all the latest plastic toys and not enough about actually spending quality time with them

Sometimes you live a bit cheaper to have a family n raise it n put em through school to have a good life n such or at least a well prepped one.

My dad worked too much when I was a kid and never taught me how to do anything, yet I had this excess of toys and games that I never even touched

A total waste

Wish I could've traded that nonsense for some quality time with him

Now I'm 20 and my father is still a borderline stranger to me in a lot of ways

He ran for political office and won and now I don't see him *at all*

My dad would just come home from work, drink beer and hit me

Sounds trad tbh