https://boards.hellobee.com/ Pregnancy, Baby and Parenting blog, by Hellobee en Wed, 08 Jul 2026 09:57:23 +0000 https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237516 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:17:00 +0000 LuLu Mom 237516@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am very happy in my life, however I can completely relate to the money woes. We have been working our butts off to have enough saved for when I'm on maternity leave (aka unpaid maternity leave) and it stresses me out knowing I will not have a paycheck for 8 weeks. Money is always in the back of my mind. But overall I have a great husband, a healthy baby on the way, we own our home, and our families are supportive and close by when we need them! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237512 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:15:47 +0000 Mrs. Sunglasses 237512@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I'm happy but could be happier. I think our situation now is less desirable. My husband is injured and can't work which means major salary cut. We are waiting for him to get operated. Which means our finances are taking a toll and we were trying to get out of debt not create more. </p> <p>I know all that is temporary and really I'm blessed to have healthy children, a wonderful home, a supporting family, great friends and a husband who loves me. </p> <p>I'd tell you that once he gets operated and we get rid of this consumer debt a whole other version of happy will emerge. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237503 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 08:09:30 +0000 bushelandapeck 237503@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Overall I am very happy with my life. We both have good paying jobs and mine will allow me to work part time once the baby is here and I am forever grateful for that. DH and I have a honest, solid, loving relationship. The biggest strain is that he really hates his job and he ends up taking that unhappiness home with him. I wish he could find something that he loved to do that provided him with much more fulfillment than his current position while still providing us with enough income to not have to worry about paying our bills. I'd be more than willing to give up a lot of the extras we have in our lives if it meant he'd be happier with his career. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237475 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:43:46 +0000 Andrea 237475@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am happy! If you really want to nit pick, of course there are things that could be better. But I think once I start changing one thing and that's better, something else will be worse. The grass is always greener somewhere. I am happy with what I have at the moment. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237472 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:42:30 +0000 MrsTiz 237472@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I love some parts of it.<br /> I like my job, but I seriously wish I made more money, or had a job that has opportunities to make more money/benefits. Actually I just wish DH had a better job because I want to be a SAHM.<br /> I love DH, but I feel like he is my only friend, I have no girlfriends anymore because we chose different life paths and that makes me really sad that I don't have a girl to confide in (or complain about DH to haha!)<br /> I feel unsatisfied, like we should be living a more exciting social life but DH is a new-found couch potato and I'm so bored. I guess that is life though, no one is happy all the time. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237471 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 07:39:59 +0000 sorrycharlie 237471@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>things could definitely always be worse. but, I'd love to live somewhere where we weren't living in the other half of the ILs duplex. DH doesn't speak to his Mom, and this causes a ton of strain...he feels like he never moved out, I hate that their dog teaches our dog really, really bad habits, etc. </p> <p>I also 100% regret grad school. I now have 45,000 in student loan debt that I DID NOT HAVE 2 years ago, and don't even want to work in my field. </p> <p>That said, I'm happy with my relationship with my husband and that we have a little girl on the way! We have a lot of financial strain (a LOT of credit card debt over our heads..I can't even say how much, it's embarrassing) but we can pay our bills. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237385 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:22:22 +0000 chopsuey 237385@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Very happy and satisfied with life :)<br /> Would love to live closer to family though.. But not that close! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237382 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:19:02 +0000 heffalump 237382@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am. Of course there are things I'd also like to change, but if things stayed the way they were I wouldn't complain. They could be worse! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237378 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 06:15:18 +0000 PrincessBaby 237378@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I am ecstatic with my life. My husband is amazing, our marriage is fun and very loving, and now we have this miraculous little girl on the way that we're both just in awe of. We are very fortunate to be in a really comfortable financial position and own our home. BUT, my job is VERY stressful and mentally draining. I am in medical device sales, and I make a very good salary, receive bonuses based on sales performance each quarter and also get a company car/gas for free. I have always thought I would be a SAHM. That's where my heart is. Especially because my husband works offshore and is gone 3 weeks at at time, and then home for 3 weeks at a time. So when he's away, I'm basically going to be a single mom, since we don't have family near us. </p> <p>I would LOVE to quit and be a SAHM, because I'm not sure I can handle the juggle of my very stressful job and a new baby ALONE for 50% of the time. BUT, even though we could live just fine on DH's salary, we basically get to live without thinking about money with my job. Growing up in a household that centered around financial strain, I cannot explain the level of security that being able to live the way that we live gives me. I am scared to give up that security. I am scared to go to a life where - gasp!- we have to budget and not spend without a second thought. And in this economy, it would be just STUPID to walk away from a job like mine. </p> <p>So although I'm very apprehensive about it, I am just going to have to put my big girl panties on and make it work. Because this sacrifice is for our daughter and her life, not just ours anymore. So that will have to be what drives me to balance it all and keep the household running while DH is away. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237321 Fri, 27 Jul 2012 02:26:23 +0000 looch 237321@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I was thinking about this the other day, actually, as I was feeding my son lunch at the city pool. We have a great life, we don't want for anything and we have a wonderful social program to fall back on if anything happens. My husband could lose his job tomorrow and we wouldn't have to worry about it for 2 years because of the unemployment programs where we live.</p> <p>I still feel unsatisfied though. I want more, but I have a hard time articulating what it is that I would like. I know I'd like more free time to do my hobbies in a space of my own, I would like to go back to work but not in an office job. It's tough. I don't think there is ever a point in my life where I will think I am done, I am satisfied at this point. It's a vicious cycle. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237256 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:50:23 +0000 Mrs. Cat in the Cradle 237256@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I relate as well. My personal life is exactly what I want. We have a home and food on the table, and sadly that is more than a lot of people these days.</p> <p>I'm very unhappy with my professional life. My job is not rewarding and I'm under paid by field wide standards. I apply for jobs (not as of late because of soon to be baby), cultivate contacts, but I just can't catch a break. My husband is also looking for a higher paying job, and keeps hitting walls too.</p> <p>Our only debt (aside from mortgage &amp; car, but I'm just not counting that stuff) are a ton in student loans. Schools in PA are expensive, so even making quick work of your education creates a lot of debt quickly. We'd like to pay them down, but just don't earn enough. It's a crappy circle and we are stuck, so quite frustrated. Maybe some day something will break when something we try finally pans out! </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237251 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:34:26 +0000 mrstilly 237251@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>I can totally relate. I have so many blessings in my life; so much to be thankful for each day. My husband and son are the light of my life. Our families love and support us as well. We are all healthy. </p> <p>I'd like to be in a place where we didn't have to worry about money either. I would like for DH to find a job that he loves. He got cut from his teaching job this year when his district made major cuts, so for right now we aren't certain what will happen in the next few months. I would love to be able to travel a bit. I would like to go back to school for my phd and have a job where I could work 20 to 30 hours a week instead of 40 to 50. </p> <p>But I guess this is life. It wouldn't be so sweet or rewarding if there weren't challenges and struggles along the way. </p> https://boards.hellobee.com/topic/are-you-happy-with-your-life#post-237248 Thu, 26 Jul 2012 23:23:04 +0000 Mrs. Pen 237248@https://boards.hellobee.com/ <p>Sometimes I am... I count my blessings- I have an amazing husband, the bestest baby in the world - I have a great family and wonderful relationships with my parents/siblings, we have a roof over our heads and food to eat - so I know I am blessed and I should be happy with my life... but I want more..</p> <p>I would like to be in a place where I'm not worried about $$ every day. I hate it. I live in worry and fear because we live paycheck to paycheck. I hate not having our own house, and I don't really like where we live - it's boring. But it's where my family is and where DH has a job. I know that if we moved, I would be very lonely without my family.</p> <p>Ideally I'd also like to work, but I can't make enough to justify childcare, so that's not happening either.</p> <p>Are you happy with your life, what would you change if you could? </p>