# Your current emotional struggle? **URL:** \ **Category:** In My Humble Opinion\ **Created:** [July 6, 2010, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-emotional-struggle/545678 "2010-07-06T04:43:28Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![Anne\_Neville](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/b9e5f3/32.png) [@Anne\_Neville](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anne_Neville)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-emotional-struggle/545678/101 "2010-07-13T19:35:35Z")
I’m unemployed, and trying to find another job. I’m trying to study for a Red Hat Linux certification, in hopes that that will make it easier for me to find a good job. I’m scared. I’m scared that I’m not good enough to learn all the stuff I’d need for the certification test. I’m scared that I’ll never be able to find a job that I like and am good at. > [@pepperlandgirl](#): > > Other days, I feel like I’m going to start crying and never stop. My sister is leaving for London in October for a PhD program and I’m going to miss her so much, plus I am so jealous. She’s doing what I always thought I wanted to do. She’s going to have an amazing life in London and an amazing career I’m married to a man who’s doing what I thought I wanted to do (he’s an astronomer). He’s doing well at it- he just got another big grant. I’m happy for him, but it makes me feel like even more of a failure. I wonder if he felt this way when I had a good job making decent money and he was still a post-doc. ---
**Author:** ![monstro](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/ba9def/32.png) [@monstro](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/monstro)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2010, 11:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-emotional-struggle/545678/102 "2010-07-13T23:37:38Z")
> [@wwworldclique](#): > > As I told someone else, if you’re going to go ranting about something I said, feel free to do so as long as you respond to the post in context. WTF? ---
**Author:** ![shellofmyformerself](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/5f8ce5/32.png) [@shellofmyformerself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/shellofmyformerself)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 12:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-emotional-struggle/545678/103 "2010-07-14T00:44:02Z")
> [@Count\_Blucher](#): > > I know its not me you are talking about. > Even though my wife has/had a bf & has cheated on me. > Even though I’m making it work. > Even though I have two boys. > Even though I’ve dropped down to an ok weight. > > I know this because, quite honestly, no one wants me. > > But thats ok. > > I still get hugs from my boys when I get home from work… Sorry to hear that, Count. If I was there I’d give you a great big ol’ hug (which would also be self-serving as I could really use one too!) ---
**Author:** ![Count\_Blucher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c5a1d2/32.png) [@Count\_Blucher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Count_Blucher)\ **Post date:** [July 14, 2010, 12:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-emotional-struggle/545678/104 "2010-07-14T12:37:59Z")
> [@shellofmyformerself](#): > > Sorry to hear that, Count. If I was there I’d give you a great big ol’ hug (which would also be self-serving as I could really use one too!) Thank you for the hug! It meant a lot to me… more than you know. I’ve had an idea about your situation and your guy as to how it might work out in your favor. Its going pretty far out on a limb and it probably wouldn’t be responsible for me to post it. (Even divorce attorneys are allowed discovery) I put it in a PM, so if its a really really bad idea, you can always laugh at it & delete the PM and I won’t be laughed at into the next century. Well, for that anyway. I really do wish you the best of luck & that it all works out for the best for you. You’re good people & you deserve to be happy. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/your-current-emotional-struggle/545678.md?page=5)