Netizens, however, reassured her that she is a good mum to her boy and daughter to her parents, and that she has no need to be ‘paiseh’.
The woman wrote that she is “30s and I work in the CBD area doing client facing role earning mid 4figure salary” as well as “ur typical sandwiched generation – not wealthy but also not starving.”
A part of her feels “torn” about the situation, but recognizes that by not participating in her colleagues’ social activities “every cent I save then goes towards my household – as my kid grows older and parents age definitely expenses at home will rise too. “I do try and join them sometimes, but I’m also running out of excuses to basically say that I cannot afford to eat such ‘fancy’ food that often because I’m the sole breadwinner,” she added.
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