I got out of the "grind it out for years to get a modicum of a middle class life" mentality years ago, since I decided to live abroad and move around quite a lot. This is now the longest I've lived in one place since I was 18, and 8 of those years were with my husband of five years.
We both work but we don't look for "advancement" and prioritize life outside of work above all, but that also means that we don't have a ton of money and we don't buy a lot of things. We actually have a blender and an oven for the first time we've ever had them when living together, hahaha!
But now I'm pregnant and we're looking at being parents for reals, and the difficulty is already starting with people pressuring us to do baby registries and buy superfluous outfits for the nugget and think about private preschools, etc. We are both teachers and I think that we could even homeschool for pre-K since that's what we specialize in, but I don't know how family/friends will react overall to us being pregnant/raising a child without living in the US/UK.
I don't want to lose the simple life we've worked hard to get by giving in to peer pressures.
What would any of you who are parents recommend? What are good ways to avoid judgy types and ignore their shitty advice? What changed about your simple living once you had a child?
Thanks!
Submitted May 12, 2020 at 10:47PM by Nessunolosa https://ift.tt/35USgqB
