Should I feel guilty for taking this job?

This topic was created in the Miscellaneous forum by Rainbow87 on Monday, April 27, 2020 and has 12 replies.

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@Rainbow87
7 Years

So I got laid off from my previous job because of the Covid-19. I’ve been stucked at home for a month and I applied for unemployment.

However I don’t want to be in debt because my boyfriend is hardly working and we’re very broke right now.

Some places are still open and I want to work. Of course, businesses are taking precautions and everyone wears masks. After applying to several places, a small company hired me. I will be working in an office but my boss and co-worker are males. My boyfriend has always been ridiculously jealous and doesn’t trust me around men. And I don’t understand why because I have respected him since the beginning of our relationship. He’s even jealous of all my previous boyfriends. It’s crazy!

All I want to do is work. Just because I will be with men doesn’t mean I will cheat on my boyfriend or act inappropriately. I told my boyfriend that my boss was going to be a male because he says I need to tell him everything!!! and he told me that I shouldn’t say “my boss” and that I needed to use another word like “the owner of the company”. Even though I know myself and that I’m not unfaithful, I feel guilty for taking the job. My boyfriend didn’t even congratulate me after I got hired. I want to feel happy not guilty while I start my first day. Since my boyfriend is a jealous freak, I feel guilty working close to a man. Is this bad? Should men and women work together or how do you see it?

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@DMV
15 Years25,000+ PostsSagittarius

Go ask your landlord if you should take the job.

Then ask the internet company or cell phone company if you should take the job.

Then go ask the cable company, the utility company, your parents.

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@LadyNeptune
10 Years25,000+ Posts

Men come and go.

Money keeps your bills paid, lights on, and belly full.

I think rn you need to take a hard long look at your relationship to weigh out whether his good traits out weigh the bad; the insecurity, the mistrust, the controlling nature, etc.

Ime dudes who constantly accuse you of cheating are actually cheating themselves and projecting their guilt. Or the use their accusations to force you to defend yourself... and distract you from the red flags they are leaving.

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@Lostthoughts
6 Years1,000+ Posts

Posted by Rainbow87

So I got laid off from my previous job because of the Covid-19. I’ve been stucked at home for a month and I applied for unemployment.

However I don’t want to be in debt because my boyfriend is hardly working and we’re very broke right now.

Some places are still open and I want to work. Of course, businesses are taking precautions and everyone wears masks. After applying to several places, a small company hired me. I will be working in an office but my boss and co-worker are males. My boyfriend has always been ridiculously jealous and doesn’t trust me around men. And I don’t understand why because I have respected him since the beginning of our relationship. He’s even jealous of all my previous boyfriends. It’s crazy!

All I want to do is work. Just because I will be with men doesn’t mean I will cheat on my boyfriend or act inappropriately. I told my boyfriend that my boss was going to be a male because he says I need to tell him everything!!! and he told me that I shouldn’t say “my boss” and that I needed to use another word like “the owner of the company”. Even though I know myself and that I’m not unfaithful, I feel guilty for taking the job. My boyfriend didn’t even congratulate me after I got hired. I want to feel happy not guilty while I start my first day. Since my boyfriend is a jealous freak, I feel guilty working close to a man. Is this bad? Should men and women work together or how do you see it?


Unless you plan on moving to a island with just woman, this issue is going to come up with your boyfriend eventually.

How are you not offended he doesn't trust you?

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@Dastard2020
6 Years1,000+ Posts

Of course, stupid. Like, use your brain woman . . .

Your boyfriend is a control freak. Something you're well aware of. So what does that make you? A willful fucking doormat.

Take responsibility for your life instead of trying to gather sympathy and validation by portraying yourself as a helpless, little victim.

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@Dastard2020
6 Years1,000+ Posts

She isn't genuienly looking for advice. She's knows exactly what's wrong in her life.

She's looking to have people to validate her victim card and have a pity party.

Don't give this bitch any sympathy.

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@Isolde
8 Years1,000+ Posts

No one on this board is going to say you should be guilty. Congratulations on your new job, imagine all the possibilities you have missed out on!