When are you too old to go on vacation with your family?
Hey x Well i think its fine for a 15yr old to go on holiday with their parents. Your going to go away and have a great time and really there is no age when it becomes silly to still go on vacation with your family. I'm 24 and last year went on holiday with my mum, boyfriend and my little brother and we all have such a great time. You just have to let go and stop worrying about what other people will be thinking and anyway your on holiday so its not like you are going to speak to any of the people again so why does it matter what they think? Just let loose and feel free to be like a child again. I do, I still go on the swings at the playpark and do the little puzzels you get at the zoos. Its fun and its better to feel like you fit in and have fun with the kids than feel like a miserable adult. Would you rather people walk past you and think "Oh what a nice girl playing with her little brother/sister, she's so nice to look after them and take care and have fun with her family." OR "Oh look, another moody teenager in a strop. Typically. Every young adult is like that these days, when their older they will wish they was a child again." ? Imagine you didnt go and when they got back they was all tanned and could tell everyone what a great time they had and you would just be left in the background with nothing. Also since your only 15 depending on where you are from i dont think you would be allowed to stay home alone anyway technically and legaly that is. Here is just something to think about: Who is the biger idiot, the girl who goes and has a good time with her family or the girl who turns down a great holiday and sits at home complaining alone?
How hard is it to juggle 4 kids and a fulltime job without feeling like you neglect them?
I think you need the title of supermum!! I have 3 kids and im a stay at home mum! There is no way I could throw full time work into that equation because there is simply too many chores that need doing at home!!! You truly are a super mum if you do that! so hats off to you! All i can say is spend the time you can with them... the washing, the dishes can wait till they are in bed. Just cherish every moment and take LOTS of pictures!! They grow up in a blink of an eye! :D
Will i regret not spending time with my parents after they are dead?
YES!!!!! My father was always working then got sick when I was in 9th grade &could barely get around after that. Also he was never the same. I had to get a job in the afternoons & when I got home he was asleep. I then went to college & hardly ever went home. Then one month before I got married... he died. I had lost him forever!! Now, 5 years later have a son named after him and wish everyday that I had spent more time with him. I get to listen to older family members talk of him & I hardly have memories. I dream of him almost weekly. If you have a living parent, see them, talk to them, when ever you can & tell them often that you love them!
Do I need a hobby? I love my job and my family, and am happy to spend pretty much all the time on these two, but maybe I am missing something?
Everyone needs a hobby, whether it’s as obvious as wood working or as subtle as reading. Hobbies bring satisfaction and even joy, which are stimulants of the dopamine system. They are there when things aren’t going right with work and family, improving your resiliency. They calm you down, reducing dangerous stress hormones like cortisol. And they’re fun — how much fun do you get out of life?
Is 22 too young to be working full time in my career?
I got my degree in accounting, and just got a job in an accounting firm. I will be making $45,000, but will 40-50 hours a week. I am 22 and think that now my life is over and all i am going to do is work and have no fun in life anymore even though i make alot more money. I know my other friends did not go to college and work at fast food places but have fun all day and night, but now i think that those days are over for me. Is being 22 too young to start working your career already? Or will i still get have a life and have fun?
Is being a cop and having a good family life hard?
I was a cop in the UK for 30 years and I am still married to the same wonderful woman.In my time in the Police I worked in several specialized departments in which I could be called out instantly and sometimes spend days away from home. Some of the departments were very stressful. I am saying this because work can have a bearing on your home life…. if you let it.A lot of cops I know are schizophrenic. Not so much in the medical sense but in that they have one persona for work and one for home. They never try to let the two overlap.When I was in the Police there were a group of eight men who used to go out once a week and as friends we were all close. I was the only Policeman and the rest had normal 9 to 5 jobs, were married and all had children. We all met at maternity classes as all our wives were pregnant at the same time. Out of that group of eight only three of us remain married and I know one of those friends does want a divorce.I have to say that a Police wife does put up with a lot. Marriages tend to last longer if she met you whilst you were in the Police as she knows you doing nothing else. There are a lot of marriages that fail because of the job but they don’t have to.My wife has never worked in any occupation that has anything to do with the emergency services. At times we have had problems like any marriage will have but the good times far outweigh the bad by a 1000 to 1. There were times when she would ring up work and ask me to send a photo home so the kids might know who I was. On the other had we would try and make time for ourselves when ever we could. We would meet for lunch at least once a week when I was working long hours and always find time for ourselves.After 30 years we sold everything. bought a boat and have been sailing around the world for the last six years. To me she is a wife in a million. She put up with my job then allowed me to sell our house, left her friends and family and jobs to allow me to live my dream.My dream now is to make her as happy as possible. We are together all the time as there is not a lot of places to run to on a boat in foreign lands with water all around. I think we are in love now more than we ever have been. One of our sons is still with us and the other flies out to see us all the time … as a family we look after each other.I may be one of the lucky ones but yes, you can have a good family life as a cop but you only get out what you put in.
Parents wont let me spend my own money?
I'm 14, and I'm currently a soccer ref. Whenever I want to go out and buy clothes, or a game, my parents say "no, you don't need them" I'm not trying to be stubborn or anything, but if its my money, shouldn't I be able to buy whatever? My dad gives me 20 bucks a month for allowance, but I havn't got that allowance for this month. But anyway, whenever I want to buy something, they say "your money is my money too" What do you think I should do?
Second Job To Pay for the Wedding?
I have worked a second job to pay for my wedding and was able to do many things that we would not have been able to if I had not taken it. I worked as a waitress for 6 months. After the first day I went and opened a savings account with the cash I had made and then started putting in every cent I made and any extra money I ran across. (my hubby is always putting change in a jar so about once a month I would count his change and mine, it came to about $100 total a month extra) I managed to save a little over $5000 in the 6 months I worked. I didn't want to deal with alchol sales so I had to hunt a restaurant to work in. I worked Thur, fri and saturday nights from 5-10 or 11 and I averaged about 80- 100 a night. The only thing that I will warn you about is that you have to put your foot down and pick one day a week to be off from BOTH jobs! Waitressing is fun and you get to meet great new people but, they can use you to work everyday if you let them. You have to pick one day for you to rest and spend time with your fiancee and family. If you choose to be a server don't apply to anywhere that you don't already eat at. You will not be comfortable working there. (this is from personal experience) Friday and Saturday nights are the busiest nights of the week to work as a server. I say go ahead and get a second job. Then you don't have to listen when anyone says that something is too expensive for your wedding. You can get what you want for your big day. If you have selected a caterer for your wedding you can give them a call and see if they need servers for any events. Hope this helps