Getting older

The biggest problem with our current life style here in China is that our 5 grandchildren are growing up in Canada without us.

At least Dianne gets to avoid being the mother in law. Those always seem to be hated.

It's pretty quiet around the apartment with my wife out at work.

I usually think my boyfriend will be happy when I am travelling or out someplace, because then there is nobody here talking too much. He says after a few days, when I am gone it starts to just feel weird being by himself. There is no pleasing him, is there.

I miss the noise and excitement they cause....

My mother in law say it is not nearly as exhausting and stressful to be a grandparent as it is to be a parent. It must be really fun to babysit for a few hours or even a few days at a time. I always think my daughter would be so much fun, if I could have her around for just a few hours everyday, excluding the hours that start first thing in morning that is. Reply to this

You did choose teaching for a reason, afterall. Whatever that reason was is likely still part of what you job is about, but things like stress can easily make one forget why one is doing what one is doing. Maybe what you need is an effective way to handle whatever is negative about your job.

To be honest I fell into it. I was doing a creative arts course I knew wouldn't qualify me for anything when I graduated but I was interested in the subjects. It was able to be combined with teaching so I did that too so I'd have a qualification as a backup. Then, as most find, when I did graduate i wasn't sure what to do with myself so I taught since it was better money than retail. Found I was pretty good at it too in most cases. You're right about it being a matter of attitude though. I need to try and find the brighter side. But I've always known this isnt what I want for a career. Reply to this

But I've always known this isnt what I want for a career.

Because of your qualifications, I think you would likely get paid more than the usual for teaching English as a foreign language, to adults in Asia, South America etc. Your qualifications seem quite versatile to me. You are likely qualified to do editing and a bunch of other stuff too. Lots of people discover that they hate teaching teens, so they surely have found other paths. Hopefully, they dont spend all their working years doing something they dont feel they have been cut out to do. At least I hope not. Reply to this

Yes it's true, but why are most of them are single???

I think often when women are hurt from a past relationship, they try to protect themselves too much from further hurt by being too particular about which men they will date. They keep themselves safe from getting hurt in a relationship, but often remain without a relationship at all.

Another scenario is that women who have been married for a while and then become financially independent choose to be alone rather than be with a man, as they believe that men resist giving them what they need in a relationship. Most of the time their failure to get what they want in relationships has to do with the way they ask or even that they dont realise at all, that they should ask for what they want... Reply to this

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