I feel like I'm behind in life
I'm turning 30 this year and I feel so behind my peers. I'm working a job that I really enjoy but doesn't pay enough to support myself on my own so I'm living with parents. I've never been in a long term relationship. All of my friends are getting married and buying houses and I'm still here with my parents. They're happy to have me but I feel so much lesser than everyone. Who would want to date someone who can't support herself? That is the thought that goes through my mind. I go out and meet people and I'm trying to get additional income, but sometimes I feel so worthless and ashamed.
@forcefulAcai5064
You are doing things others aren't perhaps but there is no ahead or behind.....it is some sort of thing society seems to push .... see so many articles that say the average this or that where do you stand... many people with cost of rents etc are not making enough to be independent. some are struggling where you have stayed with parents to shore up the finances you have. Some would envy that as they were not able to. we take different paths so trying to measure like a race is not realistic.
I’m 35 and feel the same way and currently in a similar situation. My younger friends and older friends who live on their own told me to just stay home because of the financial stress they endure and the cost of living is out of control. But I feel like I will be judged in terms of romantic relationships so I understand completely.
