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I think all human beings suffer as some point in their life regardless of their position in society.
Much of what makes a life "good" or "bad" is subjective anyway. Some people love traveling, while other people think traveling is hell. So you cannot assume someone who travels a lot has a "great life" because a "great life" is very subjective. Thus, an "easy life" is equally subjective.
Today, almost everyone in the world lives an easy life compared to the majority of human beings before the Industrial Revolution.
I think all human beings suffer as some point in their life regardless of their position in society.
Much of what makes a life "good" or "bad" is subjective anyway. Some people love traveling, while other people think traveling is hell. So you cannot assume someone who travels a lot has a "great life" because a "great life" is very subjective. Thus, an "easy life" is equally subjective.
Today, almost everyone in the world lives an easy life compared to the majority of human beings before the Industrial Revolution.
Easy, doesn't mean they have a comfortable or motivating life though
Some people get everything thrown at them, while others sort of skate by.
I'm 33. I grew up with a guy who was in a bad wreck in elementary school and another one in high school. He was riding with his best friend, who was DUI at 2 AM, and they were in a wreck. The driver was killed, and Jeff had a finger chopped off in that wreck. Jeff was also in a wreck last year that paralyzed him from chest down. He has two kids, can't work, and is paralyzed for the rest of his life. He's had a much tougher life than I have.
I've never been seriously ill or injured. I've never been truly poor and had to worry where my next meal was going to be or where I was going to sleep. I had some issues getting my career started after graduating in 2010, but I've had a relatively easy life.
Not sure if this applies, but some people are much more fortunate and/or lucky than others.
I knew a beautiful young woman once who trained me on my new job that she was leaving because she wanted to take some time off with the intention of getting pregnant (by natural means, btw). She was married to a financially very successful man, so they could afford for her to do that. After I knew her for a week or so and felt comfortable enough to say this to her (she was very nice and not conceited in the least), I asked her if she was worried about having a gap in her career just in case she didn't get pregnant soon. She looked at me as if I were crazy, and sure enough -- she got pregnant in less than a month! We maintained our friendship for a little while longer until I divorced and moved away, but in the time I knew her, she did not have even one single bad thing happen to her. It was like all she had to do to get what she wanted was to wish for it.
If she hadn't been such a sweet person, I would have been very envious of her and a little resentful.
I know two friends who live from their husband's salary. Neither with kids.
One married a wealthy guy in NYC. After she got laid off from her job one year, she didn't look for another job for ... I think it was 7 or 8 years. They didn't want kids, so she entered a graduate program, and took classes part time at her own pace.
She used to post on Facebook pictures of her coffee and muffin at cafes at like 11 AM. Her husband likes his job too, so there was no resentment there. He didn't force her to do chores, and get the house in order like some couples I know. Think she has a part time job now, like 15 hours a week.
Another one I know is married to a finance guy, and she has never had a career. He supports her. I wouldn't say she's a huge spender, but she definitely travels and lives life. That one I'm a little less sure how it works, since that guy makes significantly less than the first guy.
For all intents and purposes, the 2nd one has not worked in her entire life.
I'd rather not ponder who has it easiest because to me people in general have easy lives. I guess you could say I have it easy in the sense that I have a roof over my head and things like that but I have so much stress which has affected me physically. I went to the hospital in worry once recently and been to urgent care probably about 4 times in a month. That's considering the fact I hate going to allopathic doctors too. The worst part for me now is I get rejected for every job I have applied for aside from my current one. My job is technically easy in a mechanical sense but it's hard on my mental psyche which would be more acceptable if it paid more. I'm also backwards in the sense that it's difficult on me because it's not intellectually stimulating. In other words what's in a literal sense easy is actually difficult as it brings my mind to a dark place. It is difficult dealing with these feelings and memories.
I'm not going to deny the fact that I wear my struggles in the past like a badge of honor but at the same time it would be nice if getting a job I wanted was more plausible..doesn't have to be easy just plausible meaning I didn't have to wrack my whole brain to be what employers wanted.
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Originally Posted by jobaba
I would say the people with the easiest lives are those who are single or coupled, make at least ~55K and have easy jobs with no kids.
And I know for a fact there are easy jobs out there that pay that much and more. Really easy ones.
I'm sure there are but they are not really easy to get or else I would have applied for them by now.
I always hear "no one has an easy life", "everyone has struggles even if the struggles are invisible". etc etc....but I wonder if that's the case?
Human life is in a way a balance of your birth lottery along with choices. Some people are born into fortunate circumstances and make good choices. Other bad choices. Some born into really bad circumstances and don't seem to make too many choices that benefit them in the long run.
I just think if we can point to someone who has it really bad in many ways (blind and deaf kid in a third world country in the middle of a famine), someone who suffers physically, emotionally, etc.. Couldn't there be someone the exact opposite (healthy person born to a well off family with enough street smarts to navigate life and won't ever risk homelessness, loss of loved ones too soon, financial debts, worrying about paying the bills). [b]Someone who's life would look on the surface, really easy?
Someone who's life ON THE SURFACE covers a whole hella lot of ground there. Kind of seems to negate the whole point of your post doesn't it?
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Of course there are. Trump is one. Anderson Cooper. Paris Hilton. The Kardashians. Most little rich kids like them.
Then there are those born into middle class homes but born with a high IQ and raised to be productive by loving, well adjusted parents....Bill Gates comes to mind. Never really had to struggle with much of anything. An easy life.
Just as there are those who have drawn the short straws in life, there are those who have drawn the long ones. Life isn't fair.
Bingo. Kids from very rich families.
Or to bring it down closer to earth, my sister for example. Fine arts degree, never had to work, married to a banker husband. 3 kids, paid-for home in San Diego. They have each other on a pedestal.
Then again, she did have a bout with breast cancer.
That's a pretty small portion of the population I'd say.
I'd say you'd have to have 2 million put aside for each kid just to have that be a reality.
I'm not sure I've ever met anybody in my life who is that ... or at least has admitted it.
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