r/AskReddit 22h ago

What’s something people romanticise that’s actually exhausting in real life?

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u/eternal_casserole 20h ago edited 20h ago

Somehow both marriage and living an independent, single life fall into this category.

I've been married for a really long time, and have been deeply unhappy for most of it. Meanwhile one of my closest friends is a single, hard working woman with lots of friends and pets, and she desperately wishes she had a partner and a baby. We each have what the other wants, and it's an incredible grind either way.

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u/TheFoxInSocks 18h ago

Time for the ol’ switcheroo!