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What are you glad you don’t have to do anymore?

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Gelisajams Sat 09-Jan-21 12:53:33

I’ve just been watching my next door neighbours playing with their little daughter on a sledge. One pulling her back to the top of the slope and the other catching her at the bottom. It brought a smile to my face watching them from the comfort of my house but I’m glad I’m not obliged to play in the snow anymore. (Even if my 21 year old head tells me I would have fun, my ageing body certainly wouldn’t thank me!) it got me thinking. What else am I glad I can’t/don’t have to do anymore??

Nanny27 Sun 10-Jan-21 17:52:34

Smear tests. Oh how delighted I was to receive a notice of result after my last one with an attached note that I wouldn't need to attend anymore. Yaaaaaay!

EkwaNimitee Sun 10-Jan-21 17:03:08

Going to work, especially when it was morning shift. Always working to someone else's timetable then.

Wishes Sun 10-Jan-21 16:48:55

EMMF1948
But I do miss the games of jargon bingo we used to play on the back row, in between doing a crossword or three.

Jargon bingo grin Oh yes it keeps us from the unintentional falling asleep jerk of the head!

fluttERBY123 Sun 10-Jan-21 16:30:00

I am.glad with lockdown I don't have to do.anything quickly, there are no deadlines. First time in my life since I was probably about 4. In fact I spend as much time as I can doing everything, spinning it all out. A novel feeling which I am enjoying.

Tweedle24 Sun 10-Jan-21 16:24:45

Retired nurse here. Like the others I don’t miss the early mornings, ice or not. Had to be on duty by 7am on early shifts. I preferred that to the late shifts, having to walk through deserted hospital car park in the dark.

Annaram1 Sun 10-Jan-21 16:22:16

Having to change nappies and then wash them! As my children are in their fifties disposable ones weren't an option.

Woodmouse Sun 10-Jan-21 16:03:14

Get up to the sound of an alarm. I was fortunate enough to be able to give up work in my early fifties.

Notsooldat75 Sun 10-Jan-21 15:55:27

Having to explain or justify everything I do! I live alone, and the joy of being able to make a cup of tea, eat a slice of cake or an apple without either having to share it or get some for someone else!

Blinko Sun 10-Jan-21 15:46:43

Getting up for work before dawn on an icy Winter's morning or trudging back home after dark in the snow.

Anything to do with menstruation. Thank the Lord that finished years ago!

Aepgirl Sun 10-Jan-21 15:40:49

Have the house pristine ‘in case somebody turns up’.

grannyrebel7 Sun 10-Jan-21 15:25:57

Having to referee two kids that always used to fight after school!

sodapop Sun 10-Jan-21 15:11:38

Me too Cid24 no horrible heavy periods and wearing of giant pads. I didn't realise how much my life revolved round that until I had an hysterectomy.

Jaxie Sun 10-Jan-21 15:07:06

To Petra, Yes, taking orders from dumbclucks with big busts and blonde hair, no qualifications to speak of but were adept at sucking up to the weedy little Principal of the college I worked in.

Jennyluck Sun 10-Jan-21 15:06:07

I’m shielding at the moment. I do miss being at work, but so glad I’m not having to get up at 5.30 in the dark. Not having to scrap the car windows, or worry about driving in the snow.

Cid24 Sun 10-Jan-21 14:54:57

I’m so glad I don’t have to get up early!
Also I’m thrilled not to have periods -and the monthly migraines that went with them!

readalot Sun 10-Jan-21 14:48:16

Getting up for work. I gave up work a couple of years ago to look after my DH. Don't miss early mornings sorting newspapers out of coming home from work in the dark

Rowsie Sun 10-Jan-21 14:31:57

Commuting on busy trains! I feel so sorry for people jammed like sardines on the train, tube and buses. I know most people have been asked to work from home but according to my son (who is a police officer and can't work from home), the tubes are almost as busy as they used to be.

Happysexagenarian Sun 10-Jan-21 14:03:25

Go to work.
Travel on crowded buses and underground trains.
Work to timetables and impossible deadlines.
Socialise with work colleagues and bosses whom I had little in common with.
Ironing at least 30 shirts every Sunday.

rizlett Sun 10-Jan-21 13:58:36

Having to cope with the precarious nature of being in a controlling relationship.

Bakingmad0203 Sun 10-Jan-21 13:56:21

Targets that were impossible to achieve if you followed ‘ management’ instructions, and if you didn’t, threatened with no salary increment that year.
Ah yes, polly123 those staff who got promotion even though they were useless at their job, and then proceeded to cause chaos

effalump Sun 10-Jan-21 13:36:56

Having sex and de-fuzzing. wink

polly123 Sun 10-Jan-21 13:33:38

And another retired teacher here. Don't miss the arduous journey to a school where there were individuals who couldn't teach effectively in a classroom, being given promotion to tell the rest of us how to do it. The interminable and irrelevant meetings when we could have been far more gainfully employed. I miss the children but not the politics. The lack of importance given to creative subjects was also depressing. Not to mention the emphasis on politically correct areas of the curriculum at the expense of more useful areas for the children. The low level disruptive behaviour was wearing and rarely supported by 'management' who made all the right noises but did little else.

Armynanny Sun 10-Jan-21 13:29:37

Go to work. Thought I would miss it but it’s lovely not being on what I describe as the‘treadmill’. Everyone who I knew who had retired told me it was good but I have to say I didn’t believe them. Also love not having to defrost the car in the mornings and definitely don’t miss driving home in the dark. Notting quite the start to retirement we had planned due to the current situation but better than being at work,

Berylsgranny Sun 10-Jan-21 13:09:16

Sitting in Board meetings taking minutes that quite honestly bored me to tears. The fact that it was of no interest to me my mind wandered off many times having to try and make up what had been said. grin.

Bluecat Sun 10-Jan-21 13:07:37

I am glad that I don't have to go to school, and I have been glad about that all my adult life! Doubly happy that I will never have to do PE.

Dating - what an ordeal.

Camping. Only slept in a tent a few times in my life but I am very happy that I will never have to do it again. It was OK when I was 8, but I never enjoyed it as an adult. Now I am much too old and arthritic to find myself in that situation. Hooray!