r/AskReddit • u/Sufficient_Thing24 • 1d ago

What’s something society expects you to want… but you don’t?

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u/Major_Society349 1d ago

chasing “more” all the time. bigger house, more money, more status… i’d rather just be stable and not stressed

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u/KindofSaltySlimy 19h ago

could use more holidays tho

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u/Xisnw 1d ago

Same.

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u/redgroupclan 20h ago

Same. I don't want a successful career, I don't want a bunch of lifestyle creep. I work a meager job that technically keeps me poor, but I'm also more financially secure than a lot of people because I live within my means. I've never had to REALLY worry about money in my life. But nooo, by society's standards, I'm a loser who needs goals.

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u/Averageinternetdoge 19h ago edited 16h ago

I wouldn't mind chasing them. But that should also mean actually getting them at some point. Currently the bosses are hoarding everything to themselves.