I'm seeing a bit of a trend among my friends at the moment to not work.
I currently have three friends (women who are stay at home mums) who's husbands basically got tired of their jobs, so chucked it in and now both at home living off govt money/savings/redraw. Neither husband nor wife actively looking for work. Several more friends have chucked in jobs to study full time or moving away to live a cheaper/work free life. Two friends are approaching a year off work.
This all really astounds me. Good on them I guess, they are not getting job satisfaction, so have given it away but so many of them have put themselves hugely on the financial back foot. Especially those using redrawn money. I can't understand why they haven't set themselves up first. Maybe it all seems too hard, so do it anyway.
Is this happening a lot out there or is this just my circle of friends?
I currently have three friends (women who are stay at home mums) who's husbands basically got tired of their jobs, so chucked it in and now both at home living off govt money/savings/redraw. Neither husband nor wife actively looking for work. Several more friends have chucked in jobs to study full time or moving away to live a cheaper/work free life. Two friends are approaching a year off work.
This all really astounds me. Good on them I guess, they are not getting job satisfaction, so have given it away but so many of them have put themselves hugely on the financial back foot. Especially those using redrawn money. I can't understand why they haven't set themselves up first. Maybe it all seems too hard, so do it anyway.
Is this happening a lot out there or is this just my circle of friends?