A netizen shared how he loves working in a “low level” job and is perfectly satisfied and happy with his stress free life.

Here is the story

Honestly I don’t have a big ambition in life, I work in a warehouse and I think I’m happy doing just that, I really enjoy my job,

i used to work in an office, a pretty big insurance company and almost had a nervous breakdown, I’ve been a manager and even worked in the office of my current company but stress and anxiety got too much,

now I work in the warehouse just doing small things like moving freight by hand, debriefing drivers and scanning goods in and I love it, it pays a lot more than minimum wage due to the risk factor (heavy freight other postal companies won’t take)

but the thing is, firstly I’m an only child and always felt a massive pressure to impress my parents as their only off spring and almost all of my cousins have gone university to get degrees and “impressive jobs”

I tried University but couldn’t be bothered with it, I’m happy just doing this but at the back of my mind there is a pressure to do something “more” even though I’m happy where I am, no stress, no anxiety, good pay and Monday to Friday

Netizens’ comments

• I quit a high expectation type of job and started working at a donut shop. I make my money , its the same day every day & keeps my stress low. No money is worth my incoming gray hairs.

• Welcome to the club buddy, bus driver here, excellent job, finish work for the day and that’s it, never have to worry about clients or deadlines or any of the other bullshit, don’t give a shit that it’s not the best paying job or that my career path is non-existent , I’m not far from retirement anyway

I’m in my mid 30’s, married and have a 2-year-old. Over probably the last decade I have accumulated debt and buried my head in the sand and not confronted it. This is now at 34k and my wife has no idea.

I have recently had the lightbulb moment and realised it needs to change and started taking action such as moving to 0% interest and stopping ALL credit card payments. but since confronting the issue I cant sleep and its taking over my every thought. The breakdown is like this

Bank loan – $7000 outstanding, $200 a month repayment

Credit Card 1 – $6600 outstanding, $170 a month repayment, 0% interest until December 2023

Credit Card 2 – $4750 outstanding – $100 a month repayment – occurring about $50 interest a month

Credit Card 3 – $9000 outstanding – $150 repayment a month, 0% interest until Jan 2024

Credit Card 4 – $2000 outstanding – $50 repayment a month

Credit Card 5 – $4500 a month – $115 repayment per month – 0% until Feb 2023

Total -$33,850 – repayments per month $800

Income – I earn $2180 after CPF deduction

I also pay $900 a month into our joint account to pay for the mortgage and bills, my wife works part-time and covers the food.

At the end of the month I will be left with around $300 but always have things crop up so this quickly goes.

Please let me know if I am doing the correct things in going to interest-free credit cards as much as possible. I can also see there’s an option to borrow money against my mortgage, doing this will mean I could borrow $34k and pay around $580 per month and be fully paid off in 5 years, is this a good idea? it will be less interest overall as I am unable to put all my debt onto interest-free.

Thank you so much.

Here are what netizens think:

• If you want your marriage to continue, firstly I would recommend you sit down and told your wife the situation. Hopefully as a couple she may be able to get you out the hole quicker.

• The first step is probably stop spending…

My boyfriend and I broke up over the weekend a couple of months ago. We were together for 2.5 years and had lived together for about 2 of those years. He moved out on Nov. 2, but not all of his belongings were able to fit in his car. He was planning on gathering the rest of his things a few days later. But before then, I had decided to cut off contact with him, and before I did so, I had called him to tell him that he needed to get the rest of his things that weekend while I was away. He agreed to do so. Whenever I came back home, I was annoyed and not surprised to see his things were still at my house. So, I waited a couple of weeks to see if he would make an effort to try and get the rest of his belongings, but I heard nothing. I figured he must not have wanted everything else and decided to donate them to the charity.

Today (nearly 4 months post-breakup) I received a text from my ex’s mom asking if I would be home this weekend so he could come and get his things and for me to call him. His mother reached out to me because I have my ex’s number and all social media accounts blocked. I haven’t responded just yet as I am at a loss on what to say. He had his chance to get the rest of his things and he dropped the ball. Am I a bad person for donating everything else after he said he would and never did?

Here are what netizens think:

• You gave him one phone call and one opportunity before blocking him on all forms of social. How, exactly, did you expect him to get the stuff? Did you expect him to just show up at your apartment unannounced? You needed to warn him before you donated all his things instead of just doing it because you didn’t hear from him

• Wait but she cut contact and blocked him so if there was a reason he couldn’t she didn’t give him any avenues to inform her? AND changed the locks?? Like I can understand if she put the things in a box in a semi secure location and asked him to grab it. That way she could have her space and not see him but get his stuff back to him.

• I wouldn’t keep my locks the same for 4 freaking months if an ex still had the keys.

• She doesn’t owe him anything other than thirty days. It’s been four months. If his mother could contact her now he could’ve contacted her earlier as well. Locks need to be changed since he no longer lived there and she gave him the opportunity to get his things.

A netizen shared how his company is paying new graduates more than the existing workers while also refusing to increase their salary.

Here is the story

New grads at work getting paid higher than us, and the company doesn’t want to increase our salary. Is this a valid reason to quit?

essentially the new graduates entering this year are getting paid a sizeable increment more than the older graduates.

Naturally, the older graduates (including me) are disappointed as we are already handling more responsibilities and tougher issues but we are getting paid lesser than them.

The newer graduates are also coming to us for help. (not that I blame them, it’s not their fault for this discrepancy).

When my batch mates tried to negotiate an increment, management said that it would only come next year, which didn’t go well with us and honestly the morale has been low.

Contemplating whether i should quit, but one thing stopping me is that I only joined this company late last year, so im not sure whether other employers would be understanding. Thanks in advance!

P.S in terms of job scope, i do not dislike or like the role, it has its pros and cons.

Netizens’ comments

• Yes. If the company is not adequately compensating you, then you shouldn’t think twice about staying. Since it shows that they don’t value you.

• Why is there a need for a “valid” reason to quit in the first place? Why is approval needed for resignation?

Before I begin I would like to say that my English is not the best so I apologize for any mistakes I make.

As the title says, I got mad at my fiancee because she doesn’t want my brother to attend our wedding because he has Downs Syndrome. The other day when we were planning a few things about our wedding I mentioned that I wanted my brother to be the best man at the wedding to which my fiancee said that she didn’t want him to attend. At first I was very surprised at what she said because she always treated my brother better than most of the people that have met him and I actually thought she wasn’t serious but she went on to explain that he shouldn’t even come to the ceremony because all he does is ruin events like that (which isn’t true at all) and that it would be better without him there.

For the next few days this has been a matter of constant arguing between the two of us because she wants me to put her own wedding wishes above my brother. Some of her family agrees with her that I should put her above my own brother but I just can’t accept that. My brother has been the best thing I’ve ever had and I’m not about to leave him out of my wedding because my wife thinks he would make things worse.

Now, to make matters worse, some of her friends are accusing me of being selfish for this and that she’s right about my brother being a bad idea for the wedding. I’m actually considering ending things but that’s beyond the point I’m trying to make.

Am I in the wrong for getting mad at my fiancé after she said she didn’t want my brother to attend our wedding?

Here are what netizens think:

• I would be calling off the wedding. It’s your brother

• This is absurd, don’t marry him