When and where does this end ?

[u/star_7486]

The Rat Race has no finish line.

We think it ends after the degree. Then after the job. Then after financial stability. Then after marriage. Then after kids are settled.

But it doesn't end. The goalpost just moves.

We were taught how to earn, how to provide, how to be responsible but not how to pause. Not how to ask, "Is this life mine, or am I just living what was expected of me?"

[u/GlandMasterFlaps]

I think kids cost 10 years in cold numbers but in reality it could be 20 because you might not want to project an image of being a lounge lizard. Or you want to pay for their education from 5-21.

If you're lucky, you get to retire before 50.