I’m new to this sub but appreciate how you’ve all helped me value myself more as a person. For the past 6 months my husband has been away from home and I’ve only seen him once, for a couple days. In a month he’ll be coming home and we’ll be promptly moving about a 3 hour drive from where we live now. I work from home so moving won’t affect my job.
It’s a really busy time at my work, with multiple deadlines around the time he comes home. Today I actually caught myself feeling guilty for the time off I scheduled to spend time with my husband and to start looking for a place to live.
How fucked up is that? Work culture has conditioned me to the point that I feel GUILTY for wanting to spend time with my loved one that I haven’t seen in over half a year. It’s made me feel bad for needing to do important things such as finding a home. Work culture views the things that make life worth living as mere inconveniences to productivity. It’s sickening.