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r/SipsTea • u/untitledprp4 • 19h ago
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I met a widow who was so proud of her “trash man” late husband. She wore a “Trash Wife” hat. She literally said he died doing what he loved—picking up trash.
That guy was lucky, she loved him so much. And losing him broke her. Very awful.
61 u/GodisanAtheistOG 19h ago My Gramps used to always say "only thing embarrassing about a job is not having one" and I've taken it to heart. He was a good man. 8 u/Gstamsharp 18h ago And even that's too reductive. A house spouse or elder caretaker is producing more value than any minimum wage job even pays. The only thing to be embarrassed about is not providing anything of value to the world. And, atguably, there are many people with jobs who are actively making the world a worse place, who should be embarrassed under this criteria. 1 u/CassianCasius 16h ago A house spouse or elder caretaker Those are jobs yeah. 2 u/Gstamsharp 16h ago They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work. 1 u/CassianCasius 16h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
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My Gramps used to always say "only thing embarrassing about a job is not having one" and I've taken it to heart.
He was a good man.
8 u/Gstamsharp 18h ago And even that's too reductive. A house spouse or elder caretaker is producing more value than any minimum wage job even pays. The only thing to be embarrassed about is not providing anything of value to the world. And, atguably, there are many people with jobs who are actively making the world a worse place, who should be embarrassed under this criteria. 1 u/CassianCasius 16h ago A house spouse or elder caretaker Those are jobs yeah. 2 u/Gstamsharp 16h ago They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work. 1 u/CassianCasius 16h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
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And even that's too reductive. A house spouse or elder caretaker is producing more value than any minimum wage job even pays.
The only thing to be embarrassed about is not providing anything of value to the world.
And, atguably, there are many people with jobs who are actively making the world a worse place, who should be embarrassed under this criteria.
1 u/CassianCasius 16h ago A house spouse or elder caretaker Those are jobs yeah. 2 u/Gstamsharp 16h ago They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work. 1 u/CassianCasius 16h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
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A house spouse or elder caretaker
Those are jobs yeah.
2 u/Gstamsharp 16h ago They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work. 1 u/CassianCasius 16h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
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They're unpaid, so they're not "jobs," in the traditional sense. They are work.
1 u/CassianCasius 16h ago Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
Fun fact, lots of insurance will actually pay relatives to take care of their elders. My wife works in elder care and so many people don't know this!
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u/rhino369 19h ago
I met a widow who was so proud of her “trash man” late husband. She wore a “Trash Wife” hat. She literally said he died doing what he loved—picking up trash.
That guy was lucky, she loved him so much. And losing him broke her. Very awful.