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    • PeelerSheila @aussie.zone
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      11 months ago

      I’m sick of working more or less the same hours every week for over 2 years and yet I’m a casual.

      On a deeper level, I’m pissed off that I didn’t make more of my life due to low self esteem and confidence and a lack of self belief. Any bright spark of confidence and independence of spirit I displayed as a child was vigorously and abusively snuffed out by my parents, who wanted obedience and servitude from me. I was the dux of my school but I never believed I was good enough for anything worthwhile. I was a perpetual doormat in my early relationships, and more than occasionally a punching bag. Now I’m working as a casual in manufacturing, 50 years old, physically tired and working my arse off.

      I’m pissed off that my mother’s sons from her first marriage (who she blatantly loved more than me) contested her Will for a greater share of my childhood home (that they never lived in) so I didn’t get to inherit that house, and that was probably my only shot at home ownership.

      I’m pissed off that I was such a wimp for much of my life, too scared to take risks, too worried about failure… and that in itself is a failure.

      Wow! 🥫🪱🪱🪱. Sorry guys! Well, you did ask…

    • melbaboutown@aussie.zone
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      11 months ago

      I’m so tired of being stressed out and in constant pain. Not a fan of talking about it because it’s such a bummer but every single day is a battle

    • Duenan@aussie.zone
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      11 months ago

      Not a gripe but I’m ashamed I’ve treated myself to way too much stuff in the last few days.

      Also I snuck out from work early today to do shopping.

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        11 months ago

        Don’t be ashamed. It is what it is. Enjoy yourself while you can. When you’re older you’re not going to go “Well shit I spent to much back in November 2023”. Regret is useless.

    • Seagoon_@aussie.zone
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      11 months ago

      This week I have come to the realisation my MIL is a bad person. I don’t say that lightly. She’s not stupid/unaware, she’s not good , she’s not evil, she’s over the edge of neutral and into bad.

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        11 months ago

        Mmm. I don’t think she’s a bad older person. I think she’s always been bad. Probably always gotten her own way so she won’t change. Stay true to you. You don’t have to answer to anyone.

    • Bacon@aussie.zone
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      11 months ago

      getting the bacteria or virus or whatever it is off my upper respiratory tract 🦠

      • CEOofmyhouse56@aussie.zone
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        11 months ago

        When I’m sick I just get a scoop of Vicks and smear it on the shower floor and stand in there and hack everything up.

    • Gibsonisafluffybutt@aussie.zone
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      11 months ago

      I want a 2nd cat so Gibson has a friend, but I don’t have the time to spend to properly introduce them because I’m in office 5 days for the next couple of months.

      A little ginger lad would really be great! We could pass the braincell back and forth lol