So, I’m assuming when you worked 7 days per week, you worked 16 hours or more per day, and the remainder was sleeping, correct?

Most people, even if they work two jobs do not work 80 hours. In fact, if someone has a second job, it’s highly likely neither job is full time. So, you’re looking somewhere around 50-60 hours per week.

When I lived in Boston, I had a tiny fridge and a tiny stove. That didn’t stop me from whipping out my 12 quart stock pot and making 2 gallons of chicken soup and putting it in my freezer and fridge. A fridge and freezer (of nearly any size, save for like dorm room sized) have enough space to store a week’s worth of…

I’m currently working a job I hate. My wife hates her job as well. We literally have no choice to continue. I mean, we do, but that would mean forsaking about a half a million dollars in education, about 20 combined years of work, and every single thing in our lives that requires our income.

Because there is literally no evidence showing anyone works 16 hours per day 7 days per week. Who are these people that seemingly don’t exist?

As a US citizen, loans for school are the norm, but isn’t schooling in pretty much any other country significantly less, or virtually free?

Well then I think we’re starting to redefine “privilege,” though I think the entire thing should be thrown out unless we’re comparing the US to some 3rd world hell hole.

In my mom’s old stove top one, yes. In my “fancy” electronic one, it takes closer to an hour. It says “35 minutes” but by the time the thing actually pressurizes and starts the count down, about 15-20 minutes have elapsed.

Move.

Really? It seems to be a common factor among successful people who didn’t come from families with means.

So, you’re assuming things about me without knowing literally anything about my background.

Are you saying that people work 7 days per week 16 hours per day and sleep the remaining 8?

I’m not thrilled that we have to put in the hours that we currently do. But you know what keeps me going? The knowledge that, when my wife is done with residency, our income (as a couple in their early 30s with a lifetime of earning ahead of them) will be about $400,000. I like knowing that I will never have to worry…

One of my best friends is a pipe fitter in NY. He’s not union, so while his hourly pay is higher than an apprentice’s (though not more than someone higher up), his benefits suck. I try to convince him to go union since he will not be able to do this work after age 60 or so. He needs a pension plan. He doesn’t have one.

Well thanks. You’re totally right, it’s absolute worst case scenario being used as “evidence” that I’m wrong.

I haven’t actually seen my wife in 2 days. Though we, I’m fairly certain, sleep in the same bed.

The 5 hour block was extreme. I just happened to have a lot of time this weekend. Typically, I’ll prepare meals in an hour or two over the weekend. I just happened to have the time this weekend and a bunch of meal ideas, so I went ahead and spent 5 hours cooking.

You have literally described most people’s lives I know, including many aspects of my own and my wife’s.

What does that have to do with literally anything discussed here?

No, you’re right, they are different. Being a resident is about a 1000x worse.