Man Seeks Advice Online As His Girlfriend Refuses To Understand That He's Not Up For Outings And Prefers To Rest After Working Tirelessly

"I’m not always up to do everything she wants to do"

Maryjane

• Published in Interesting
• October 25, 2023

Working alone can be tiring at times but imagine working more than 50 hours a week. Not so good, right? Well, workplace fatigue is a prevalent occurrence that can be attributed to a variety of circumstances.

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The OP got a job as a full-time HVAC installer after he went to trade school. The hours have been longer than any other job he's ever had.

The hours get petty busy; sometimes the OP does 80 hours per week, and at times when it’s super busy, they're mandated to work Monday through Saturday. OP's girlfriend has been having some trouble adjusting to them not seeing each other that often.

She only works like 20 hours per week. Keep scrolling to find out how the entire story unfolds.

OP writes

OP doesn’t have the biggest problem with the hours since he enjoys working in this field

OP tries his hardest to spend the day with her on his off days even if he's fighting the fatigue

We've gathered some of the topmost comments from other Redditors for you to read through below

OP's work doesn't care about him

This Redditor has worked in a similar industry

OP needs to straighten his priorities

The OP reveals more information in the comments

I have no issue decompressing at home with my girlfriend, I love spending time at my house with her, she is the one who doesn’t enjoy coming to my house to chill with me because she has already been in bed all week in her room. She has been chilling all week that she doesn’t want to be in my room relaxing. She stays home most of the week so she wants to go out.

OP's whole life is going to be about work

The OP is going in different directions

Telling her to check out the losers

OP's girlfriend just misses him and that's all

It will only get worse as it progresses

Redditors understood the OP just wanted to unwind and hang out at home but his girlfriend wants to go out and do exciting things and see new places, which takes a lot more energy than he has. On one hand, OP's girlfriend is waiting for him to be free all the time but he just wants that one day off to relax.

It just doesn't function that way very often but still, the OP was declared not the AH.

Maryjane