Today, I've come to terms that I'm only living to work. I'm going to be 25, no friends, never had any experience with women. Been trying all year to meet someone, hasn't worked out at all. Dead end job, school did nothing for me. I literally just exist to work, and have no happy memories at all. I give up. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, I realized the only things I do are work and sleep. My only friends are coworkers who I make small talk with. I live alone so I’ve got nothing there either. I can’t remember the last time I felt happy, or spoke to someone. Everyday is just a blur. I have no hobbies, no goals. Getting older is so fun, right? FML
Today, I turned 25. I'm single, still living at home and doing an unpaid internship in an industry I have no interest in, because it was the only accepted application after 6 months of unemployment. The daily 45-minute drive means I'm losing money every week for being "employed" with a PhD. FML
Today, like every day, I scrolled through my social media feeds, seeing happy couples, people buying houses and landing their dream jobs. I, on the other hand, am a single 23 year-old man in a dead end job, who still lives with his parents. FML
Today, I found out I'm "no longer under consideration" for all 8 of the jobs I recently applied for. I'm broke and stuck living with my ex, who's got a new boyfriend. I hate my life and myself, wish I was dead every day, and am stuck in retail hell for the foreseeable future. I barely eat and exist only to work and sleep. FML
Today, I realised that I live to work. I’m not even good at my job. FML
Today, I realized I'm a failure as a man. It's been 17 years since a woman even touched me. I grew up fatherless, have completely lost hope for any chance of a wife or kids. I'm 35 and never been in a relationship. I'm a complete failure because of all this, and have become a monster. FML
Today, after spending last year putting in hard work, which paid off and I got my dream job, due to my own mismanagement of stress my dream job is gone and life is back at square one. Now everyone's predictions of me being a waste of space are true and I have to reinvent my life. Starting over at 38 after already starting over at 36. I can't anymore. FML
Today, I realized that I’m just living. Nothing I want matters. Just the same repetitive thing day after day. What must I do for things to change? FML
Today, I've been stuck in a minimum wage job since I was 15. I'm now 22 and I have no idea where I'm going in life. FML
Today, I’ve been unemployed for a year since graduating. I haven’t been able to find a job or feel any joy in my life, and have been stuck at home, completely relying on my parents, but now they’re gonna kick me out. I’ve turned into a complete failure, I can’t even kill myself because I’m not brave enough. FML
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Top comments
anjo_ 8
Hi, I have went through the same phase! Education was finished, Job found and then what. Out of boredom I joined the voluntary fire brigade and a local sports group. A small kid once said, love is like a fart: If you push it too hard, only shit will come out. So, you are 25, you have your life a head of you! We are in a pandemic, but there are people who had outlived the second world war. So the pandemic will pass, one do not know when. Hang in there! Good luck and BR
sarsuela 29
25 is young. Pick a hobby, do what you like. Let people find you.
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hardhead45103 12
Join the military and change your life
Jon Tessler 14
that is what I did at 19. I am now 57 and fully retired. the military set me on a path that allowed me to focus on goals, and even helped me realize how much I "needed to grow up" from the kid I was.
Nikki 17
I don’t think this is the right place to be recruiting dude
JackWood 21
Life is not easy better get used to it.
sarsuela 29
25 is young. Pick a hobby, do what you like. Let people find you.
anjo_ 8
Hi, I have went through the same phase! Education was finished, Job found and then what. Out of boredom I joined the voluntary fire brigade and a local sports group. A small kid once said, love is like a fart: If you push it too hard, only shit will come out. So, you are 25, you have your life a head of you! We are in a pandemic, but there are people who had outlived the second world war. So the pandemic will pass, one do not know when. Hang in there! Good luck and BR
mick3446 15
Keep working hard, things will fall in place. Women like stability and dedication.
justwanttobesocial...butalsonot 9
Look into DBT therapy, and if you're able to go, then go. Was in a similar situation and it's changed my life. Wishing you the best 💜
middleagednurse 22
Woah, back up. You’re 25 for Christ’s sake. Get screened for depression. Please your life is ahead of you and it will get better. I promise.
IHaveThePower 18
So what's something you always wanted to do as a kid you could never afford to do? I imagine you've got money now--go do it! Horse riding, learning to kayak... If you don't have anything to do, you have a lot of spare time and money. Go find something fun! Romance is not the only thing out there, you know.
slhiggx 17
Check out YouTube. How to make/build friendships. How to date. Etc tutorials on how to be happy. There are people and things out there to help you.
leogs23 25
I feel you