So how are ya'll 30-year-old and over NEETs doing? Done anything productive today? This past week? This past month? This past year? This past decade?
I'm a 30-year-old NEET. I've basically been a NEET since I was 17 years old back when I dropped out of high school. I've only ever held one job: as a mall cop for a single month back in late-2011.
What have you guys done recently that you would consider to be productive? Over these past two years I've single-handedly created and worked on two history-related Wikipedia articles (both exceeding 70,000 bytes in size). I feel quite proud of those articles. I learned a lot about the Bronze Age writing those articles. I'd still be working on them except some of the editors on Wikipedia aren't particularly fond of my editing style.
It's only December 8th and I have $20 left from the dole, I'm fucked lads
Ayden Cooper
My mother supports me.
Ethan Sanchez
Does it ever get better? I'm not even 25 yet and I'm already in chronic pain, constantly feel like shit, and my body is falling apart. If I feel fucked now I can't even imagine how bad things will be when I turn 30
Ethan Carter
It's not so bad once you start abusing drugs and alcohol, the years just fly by.
Joshua Hernandez
Does she ever criticize you? Are you scared of the future
Jose Long
how do i get rid of the intense boredom? i forgot how bad it was to be a neet
Ryder Howard
i have a job trailer thing. i have a job people try clothing on i count their clothing give them a number see see if they like the clothing on take the number back.
Eli Gutierrez
I've actually strongly considered getting myself a drinking problem and heroin habit. After all, I'm already completely fucked while clean so what's the worst that could happen from it? I seriously don't give a fuck about my health anymore, and at the rate things have been going for me it's not looking like I'll make it to 30 anyway.
I might as well enjoy what little time it looks like I have left, what are your thoughts on this? Should I drink some heroin and start injecting a marijuana?
Lincoln Rivera
Heroin is expensive, it's all about rainbow fentanyl these days $20 for enough to kill you.
i like to watch mma fights, watching anime, also i bought a guitar so i'm going to try to learn. but i'm a neet for now until i find a new job so i have too much time in the day
Benjamin Cook
I went to Spain for a week and I love it here Wagecucking kinda pays off. Today I spent the whole day in Oceanografic de Valencia, it was amazing
not that user, but similar situation. She actively sabotages any real attempts at me moving on. Every time I've been close to getting a job or moving out she's freaked out, threatened to kick me out before I'd be able to support myself and call the police. She's also spent the majority of my life cultivating a freak. The abuse effects the deepest parts of my brain along with sleeping, eating and surviving. If it wasn't illegal, let's just say I would have gone through the normal route people in my situation take.
Asher Harris
Those seem like decent neet hobbies better than mindlessly watching youtube videos
Owen Rogers
i do that 90 percent of the day too, it's not like i'm any better
Jonathan Russell
>look at strange and interesting live fish in cleverly crafted environments >feel nothing I don't know what I expected when I went to that sea life centre. Good for you, though, user.
Anthony Cooper
link the articles buddy :)
Thomas King
28 year old bipolar fag here, living with parents, haven't had a job or any money in my pocket or any kind of independence whatsoever ever since i first broke down five years ago
the juice simply isn't worth the squeeze when you end up with one of these disorders, I don't care how much my normie psychotherapist insists otherwise
Carson Rogers
>29 >Did 20 intro to yoga yesterday Highly recommend it lads very relaxing
Lucas Jenkins
Why do you think she would sabotage you? Like what does she gain having you there, is she lonely? Wouldn't she gain some sort of happiness seeing you succeed on your own?
Sorry for asking so much, I'm genuinely interested and curious
Josiah Bailey
>Why do you think she would sabotage you? Like what does she gain having you there, is she lonely? she doesn't want to be alone and has other issues of her own. >Wouldn't she gain some sort of happiness seeing you succeed on your own? Yeah, you would think so. The only happiness she would gain is from bragging about my "success" to other people. She's very vain. She also has me do things around the house for her but sometimes I get too depressed and am unable to do anything so she'll start doing them. I still handle big stuff like moving things, pretty intense house stuff, fixing things like the computers, car, dishwasher/washing machine. I've also ended up giving her thousands of dollars from going bankrupt and having to foreclose on a property.
She isn't a normal person, or maybe she is a normal person, people use to have kids for the sole purpose of cheap/free labor on farms and things like that. She definitely does not care about my success and would see no direct happiness from me doing anything.
Brody Scott
>How do you neets keep yourself from being homeless or alive at that age my parents told me to quit my shitty job because it made me absolutely miserable, visibly so, and my health was terrible as a result
and i just pretend like i apply to jobs, i really don't. i don't even pick up the phone when i get employers calling me
i've only been NEET 6 months, i don't want it to end yet
Joseph Flores
27, soon 28. Kinda bored. Didn't get invited to anything this weekend, so it's been really slow. Went on normiebook and saw pics from aquaintances being out partying, didn't really help my mood.
I decided to buy the new smash bros because fuck it, but I quickly remembered that video games stopped giving me joy a long time ago.
>Do you have hope of ever leaving? Or do you accept this is what your life is now >What will you do once the inevitable happens and you're on your own >Does your relationship with your mom have an event on having a relationship with another person (eg. Friends, gf/bf, ect)
Eli Mitchell
>Didn't get invited to anything this weekend, so it's been really slow Last time I was invited to anything was 5 years ago.
Xavier Anderson
Ah I see so this is sort of a vacation for you. Understandable. When do you think you'll be ready to work again?
Hudson Campbell
>Ah I see so this is sort of a vacation for you. Understandable. yeah the first one in my life, i'm 25. i actually left my job pretty badass
>be 25yo, work for web development company 5 years straight >huge roastie bitch works there, really mean for no reason >tell boss i need to take vacation and am going back to parents for a bit because my apartment lease is ending in a month >go on my "vacation" (everyone was like 'where are you visiting' i was just like 'lol i'm not travelling just going to my parents place' - they thought it was weird, but i dislike travelling anyway >2 weeks later boss texts me when i'm going to come back >send him 2 paragraph long text denouncing that huge roastie cunt, saying she is pure evil and scheming against me
it was my last revenge, she was a thorn in my side for years. everyone either hated or feared her, it wasn't just me
>When do you think you'll be ready to work again? probably, never. but i'll have to go back eventually, i am sure. but i know web design i can freelance enough to feed myself, i don't need money for anything except food, car insurance ($80/month) and gym ($10/month)... it's pretty cheap
i just don't see the point of getting another job. i guess if i run out of money i will, but i REALLY REALLY don't want to. in fact, that's the worst part of my 'vacation'... knowing that it's going to end. and once i stat working again, i'll actually know how it feels to be NEET, a something i never was able to experience before. i went to uni right out of high school, my parents signed me up (without my permission) for an intensive summer program
i only ever had 1 summer off, and i was high the whole time and it was fucking amazing. so far i've been on a 6 month 'vacation' and sober the whole time (i don't even like alcohol) i'm just focusing on my health
William King
>Do you have hope of ever leaving? Or do you accept this is what your life is now No, I want to leave desperately. I'm trying to get a decent career starting job but I have absolutely zero support, I even have to keep it hidden for the most part and dealing with my own anxiety issues makes it even more difficult. Getting a cart pushing job or something like that will just end up costing me money to work instead of actually making me anything because cost of living in this area is so insanely high. >What will you do once the inevitable happens and you're on your own Try to live a happy life, start a family and be the parent I didn't have. I've studied a lot of psychology to understand and help myself get better and studied child raising(I know I would be a good dad and husband). >Does your relationship with your mom have an event on having a relationship with another person (eg. Friends, gf/bf, ect) So aside from it just being embarrassing in general. Yes, now that I'm older it effects it even more though. Even if girls were willing, I would never be able to bring a girl around her with her ripping into me or the girl. I have to lie about my living situation for the most part if I want a girlfriend and I feel really shitty being disingenuous, so I'm not even really putting effort into getting one now. I could very easily get tinder hook ups and a hotel room but that's not my thing at all. Despite all this I've still had girls want to be with me and have a child and because I didn't have my shit together I've decided I wasn't able to provide that for them and ended things.
Charles Sanchez
i have so much financial and future anxiety
Ryder Young
For those who haven't hit 30 yet, I can vouch that you actually gain powers when you turn 30. It may drive you insane, it may cause you to go on a murdering spree, but you -will- gain never-before seen powers.
Carter Green
Man, that really sucks. Altho by saying "I didn't get invited" I don't mean that I normally spend my weekends going to massive festivals or participate in orgies, I mean anything from just going to my buddy and playing some vidya, or just a small get-together.
But I understand the feelings of loneliness, user. Maybe at least you don't have a normiebook account to constantly remind you of your situation.
>wake up >roll over to computer >browse Jow Forums and talk to people online >roll back over to bed and go to sleep
this has been my cycle, i worked for a few years and saved money which i live off of for the moment
Matthew Murphy
>incoming year of my 25 How do you deal with video games. I quit for 2-3 years. My best attempt was whole year but I always have relapse period. I found another hobby which is gym but when I got too much free time I might lose my will and relapse. Also virgin if that surprise someone's here.
I know those feels very well. Luckily vie been homeless before and got kind of used to it.
Christopher Gonzalez
>musician >sailing sounds pretty comfy desu, I wish I had nice hobbies like that
Eli Morgan
I'll join your ranks in a couple of days.
>will have a job for all feasible future in a month >starting to lose weight, down 5 kg in 4 weeks >will move out soon, hopefully >will lose my virginity aswell... sometime (not)
I dont sail hah. I feel like Im dying that's why I complain. And my social skills are like a rock aka I have none.
Hunter Lewis
1 more year and I'll join you bros
Anthony Gonzalez
34year old boomer as of 3 days ago, happy birthday to me. Exactly three people wished me happy birthday, all blood related, I pushed away everyone else. I don't want to work anymore, I don't want to waste time on distractions. I don't want to go to sleep and I don't want to wake up. I wish my mother died so I could finally commit suicide. For now I'm just grinding life because I don't want to traumatize her. I'm seriously considering killing her myself.
Nathan Long
i don't think i'd fear being homeless as much if i didn't live in a place with such cold winters
Noah Fisher
30 here and used to not be retarded. Got laid and had friends. That is all gone. Got in a bed wreck and was bed ridden for 3 months. Been better for about 7 and still spend most of my days laying in a bed. I always lie to myself and say tomorrow I will do --insert anything-- and never do.
Noah Fisher
Legit brain damage user? Or psych trauma?
Kayden Russell
No brain damage. I don't really have much psych issues regarding the actual wreck. Every once in a while i'll think about it and cringe. I am not sure what my deal is to be honest. I lost contact with all my friends and it just seems hard to ever get motivation to do anything. Pic related.
shaved my pubes lads, got some lotion too because it is cold out
my skin/grooming is topnotch
now where are the ladies?
Jason Sanchez
Do you mind attaching the text you sent to your boss? Also same there's this bitch at work who's not even the manager but tries to act like she is. She's so over dramatic and complains about everything but never does anything. I wish when I leave I can call her out and know how bad of a worker she is. Good for you though I'm glad you're keeping your health together, it sucks about your parents don't that to you, it seemed like you've just been over worked through the years
Good for you for being hopeful user. I hope things go well for you. has your mom babied you at a young age teaching you to be solely reliable on her only or has this recently developed when you got older?
Christopher James
If I'm 28 and get told I look 25 is that a compliment?
If I shaved I'd look probably less than 25.
Andrew Allen
>So how are ya'll 30-year-old and over NEETs doing? Done anything productive today? This past week? This past month? This past year? This past decade?
Helping my mother and sister out a bit, small stuff. Other than that I do nothing but browsing and playing Quake Live and chess without any motivation.
I am not disturbed by the thoughts of not being productive.
>has your mom babied you at a young age teaching you to be solely reliable on her only or has this recently developed when you got older? She was completely neglectful or just directly abusive for the most part. Every one did everything within their power to shut down my "toxic maleness" from the earliest age possible. The older she gets the more she flip flops almost in a manic bipolar state between her being pathetic whining for me to stay around and extreme aggression/cutting me down with insults. She has settled more and more into the pathetic whining for me to stay and being nice. It's really insane the amount of direct and indirect sabotage that went on.
Eli Ramirez
>Do you mind attaching the text you sent to your boss? I'll dig for it >Also same there's this bitch at work who's not even the manager but tries to act like she is. SHE DID EXACTLY THAT! Once she got bitched at by the boss for something, then she "called a conference" with me (when boss's left for lunch) just to bitch and scream at me, saying I have to do whatever she says because she's my boss. except she wasn't. I said "no you're not" and walked out LOL! She is clinically insane. Another time she called a conference just to bitch at me and her hand was violently shaking, she said she takes medication for it. The girl was 100% certified insane, bipolar, some shit
>Good for you though I'm glad you're keeping your health together, it sucks about your parents don't that to you, it seemed like you've just been over worked through the years Yeah for sure, they always forced me to do dumb shit that I didn't want to. At least they offered to let me stay with them and told me to quit my job, I probably would have an hero'd otherwise
The only thing I've really ever been good at is working. I never got a vacation because any time I wasn't at work my boss would go crazy, I was by far the most important person there (it was a small company of like 15 people). In high school I got the best ACT and SAT scores out of 450+ people, I didn't even have to study. Perfect straight A's too. None of that stuff ever made me happy. I got a generalized degree because people kept telling me "pick a subject you would enjoy to work in" but I could never think of a job I wanted to do. I got my first job ever doing web development because I taught myself that in high school, programming comes easy to me.
I am envious of normies for being able to find a job they enjoy, I wish there was something like that for me but I don't think any job could be enjoyable, really. It's just 8 hours of selling your labor every day, wishing you were home the entire time...
Angel Wood
>Almost 29 >Manlet >Balding >Obese >Horrific acne scars all over my body >Still regularly get acne to this day >Goes without saying, but KHHV >Shitty, soul sucking job with shit pay >Shit car >Shit apartment >Very few friends >Bad relationship with family >Hyperhidrosis, AKA sweating like a motherfucker even in AC
At this point the only things keeping me from killing myself are Super Smash Bros. Ultimate, and two friends' weddings I'm attending next year. I already made an attempt on my life at 19 so I can't rule out attempting another.
God how I wish I was NEET again. For you guys that are currently NEET, do whatever it takes to maintain your NEET status for as long as you can. Nothing is as bad as forfeiting 90% of your free time just to make shit money for a corporation that doesn't give two shits about you.
she was scheming and plotting to sabotage my job, to get me fired, literally for years
i still hate her, she's basically the worst person i've ever met
she's the kind of person who tries to make other people miserable if she feels bad
Ryder Gutierrez
I got my first GF at age 27. It's really fucking confusing and stressful. I'm tempted to go back to Tinder and Bumble. At least there I was getting laid.
John Gomez
Why isn't she having sex?
Mine had a crazy high drive and honestly after 2 years I get bored of it.
John Hall
Good question. My paranoia tells me it's revenge for not being able to get it up the first night I spent at her place. Long story short, she drunk-dialed me to come over late one night. I don't know if I was tired or what, but I couldn't get it up. She got sulky, then super sexual again and bit my neck hard enough to leave nasty bruising on both sides. I tried to initiate the next morning, but we were both pressed for time since we had work that day.
She invited me to sleep over two nights later, but turned down sex despite me very obviously ready to go. We made out, went to sleep, and I left the next morning. One other thing that happened that night is her young daughter coming in and climbing up on both of us asking something about school the next day.
I'm hoping she just rethought how fast we were going, particularly me meeting her daughter. We met a month ago, and I met her daughter almost 3 weeks ago.
Juan Fisher
>turned 27 on monday, loser in every single aspect of life, literally not a single good thing about me >permavirgin, no friends since middle school, live with parents, have license but have never owned or driven a car on my own >wasn't even smart enough to get a job losers like me usually have, like engineering or programming or something, where at least they get paid a lot, especially living in the bay area california like me >instead i tried to go into healthcare and im too dumb to get into graduate school so ive been working the same entry level shit paying pathetic job i feel like a retard at for 4 years since college
i just want to die. why cant i fucking die.
Joshua Parker
Ah man you remind me of me a little. Just the worrying and all. Don't fall hard on your face bro. It's easy. Having a gf sometimes is more of a sacrifice than an actual privilege.
I'd say just let her know it bothers you. And then it's up to you if you wanna go back to being single.
You can never know though man. I'm 28. In every relationship I've been in it's always a different story, a different lady, a different outcome. You can say oh I wish I would've just done this or left it to that, but you never know until it's too late and you wasted some good time. That's just life. Especially in this modern age we live in, dating is becoming really hard bro. All it takes is a block and that it.
Don't sweat it. Don't be afraid to go with your gut. You'll probably be better off.
Daniel Diaz
Thanks, that makes me feel a bit better. I went on my first date 3 months ago and it's just been unpleasant (and pleasant) experiences all around. The awesome woman I lost my kiss and handholding virginity to but couldn't get it up with due to nerves (boy did that suck). The woman who seemed perfect for me but I could never pin down a date with so I just stopped the endless texting. The women who are fatter and older than their pics. The one I lost my virginity to who turned out to be nuts and when I ended things, she obliquely hinted she could accuse me of rape. The cool woman I never went on a second date with because I decided to go exclusive with the current one.
Caleb Morales
was neet for 7yrs this year got my shit together and been fuckin and in uni now as 27
u can do it robots
Jackson Fisher
>Lives in Cali >didn't go to school for CS/ECE this would be enough to make me terminate my life.At this point just start over. Find the easiest CS program you do if you haven't brainlet. Dont fuck up again.
Benjamin Turner
Just started being neet again after getting fired from my job of 2 years. Had a squabble with the boss. Have a chunk of savings though to pay rent and bills. Things aren't too bad. Productive wise I got my permit today. Fucking 27 and can't drive. The lady took my picture and I clearly made a face but she said it looked okay. I think she didn't like me, I have serious anxiety and people look at you sideways in places like that. Now I'm going to try and learn to drive, get a car, and do Amazon flex. Sorry to hear about your neetdom for such a long period of time.
Alexander Johnson
I hope you can get out user. You never really can truly be who you are until you are away from the abuse. I grew up with my dad basically how you described your mom. Either neglectful or incredibly emotionally abusive, screaming constanlty in my face. Now that I've been gone for the past 4 or 5 years and live away from him he is incredibly nice and helpful for the brief time I visit. You end up taking on their abusive personality the more you stay around them. I'll pray for you, and please get out as soon as you can.
Charles Gomez
Almost 29 and living semi on my own but with support from my dad.
Had a year and a half clean and started taking kava and been getting fucked up on it.
It's not heroin or come, but I don't know if this counts as relapse.
>MUH ONLY ENGINEERING AND COMPUTER PROGRAMMING ARE WORTHWHILE CAREERS
Wyatt Campbell
>be in so cal >did comp engineering >get a shit qa job >three years later, still stuck in this job because brainlet and lazy
Nathan Jackson
Wnat up 30 year old NEET reporting in. Just turned 30 in september. I am loving life, just got a ps vita with a little extra money I saved up from doing chores for my neighbor (not a real job and not gainful employment). Playing lots of games and smoking lots of weed. How is everyone doing tonight?
Daniel Allen
>almost 40 >literally no one in my life I just want to send some Christmas greetings/presents to people that don't even talk to me anymore and that's it for me.
Brody Murphy
Up until recently, at the age of 27, I was convinced that I might be able to hold some form of employment, but I'm just so completely incapable of basic life functions that I feel like the stress is reaching a boiling point after only 3 weeks of this new job (after being a NEET for 5 years, with small gaps of employment here and there). I really wish I could just never leave my house and alternative between reading, shitposting and playing video games.
Every moment not at work is filled with dread and anxiety about work, and every moment spent at work is counting down the hours until I can go home again. I am very lucky to have a supporting mother who has babied me up until this age and would probably baby me for far longer, but I am so ashamed about being a burden on her that I keep trying to hold down jobs even though every instinct I have rebels against it.
Sounds like a serious issue, have you tried therapy? You could also have a chemical imbalance. It could also be that you just need some time to adjust, and eventually your nerves will cool down.
Oliver Miller
I put myself on a waiting list for therapy once, but it was very long and eventually I just decided not to go through with it. I imagine I probably have something like an anxiety disorder, but I've never seen a doctor about it (it's a bit difficult to see doctors here, and I don't really want to anyway)
I'll just keep doing this until I have another breakdown and stop turning up for my shifts, that's been the pattern so far. I think a lot about many people have been in a similar situation to me with similar feelings, but had no choice other than to keep working since the only alternative is starvation, and how scrambled their brains must be after years of this (all I can do is last a few months at most).
Sebastian Gray
Meanwhile I live in a shitty country where therapy isn't a normal thing, and even if it was, how the fuck would someone with social anxiety actually go through all the hassle of setting up an appointment and going there and all that shit?
Jaxson Long
>the juice simply isn't worth the squeeze This is a very nice phrase and I wish I had heard it before now
Julian King
What country do you live in? Is it somewhere in Eastern Europe?
I wonder if there would even be any point going to see a therapist for anxiety in a place like that. I imagine they wouldn't take you too seriously, and it wouldn't affect how you're treated by the government (e.g. unemployment benefits).
Levi Sanchez
It is, so yeah, I'm not getting any significant amount of NEETbux regardless of what I do, and I don't have the money to pay for a good therapist, so I'd just have to go to the ones that are used to dealing with actual insane people or rich bored housewives.
Angel Long
>went to college at the age of 18 >dropped out at 20 >went back at 23 >dropped after one semester >back again at 26 and probably gonna drop
I don't know what I'm doing with my life. I keep finding new majors and then dropping them. Nothing I study seems interesting. I'm so lost in life. I've switched majors like 4 times now and I'm still unhappy. I've been working two jobs for over 2 years now and I'm just so fucking tired all the time.
