Teacher Blames Her Parents for Not Warning Her to Choose a Career with High Income: ‘Does Anyone Feel the Same?'
A Mumsnet user is questioning her low-paying teaching job
The unsatisfied teacher is wondering why her parents didn't teach her 'the importance of going into a career with money'
'Blaming family is unfair,' a commenter replied to herA teacher, who is second-guessing her career path, wishes her parents had done a better job of teaching her about high-paying occupations.
The unsatisfied educator explained on the community forum Mumsnet that it would have been beneficial to have learned 'the importance of going into a career with money' from her parents or any adult figure.
'I don't remember my parents stressing this to me. I'm a teacher and used to have an okay lifestyle, got by happily and could have vacations and a few treats,' she wrote. 'Life isn't like that now, as I'm sure it isn't for many.'
'I'm not materialistic in any way, but as I've got older it's really dawned on me the importance having money makes — and I wish I'd gone down a different path,' she admitted, contemplating a potential career shift.
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Wondering if she's alone in feeling this way, she then asked, 'Does anyone feel the same and do/will any of you be expressing this to your kids?'
Mumsnet users with varying incomes chimed in with feedback.
'Respectfully, this isn't on your parents,' one person replied, while another agreed, commenting, 'I think blaming family is unfair — it's really on you. I agree that 'choose something you love' is silly advice if it's not going to earn any money, unless that is something you're specifically happy with.'
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Others validated the teacher's financial frustrations.
'Life has gotten a lot more expensive and salaries haven't caught up,' a woman asserted, as another user who is a parent wrote, 'Same. I will be impressing on my kids that you need to think about a whole group of factors: interest, enjoyment, working hours, money.'
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