– There’s no way I can understand what’s going on! -Helena sighed. – My husband and I have been living like old people lately. It seems that we should be happy, because we bought a new apartment, and thank God we paid the mortgage. But on the soul is not happy, and in the evenings at all do not want to move, not to go somewhere. Is it really old age … Even a couple of years ago, everything was different …
Helena with her husband and son have been living in a new apartment that they bought in a new building for several years. Helena had chosen the apartment herself, she had looked at many options, and when she looked at the house she had taken in all the details and asked many questions. There was a kindergarten next to their house, a huge shopping center and a park. Their neighbors were all wonderful people with whom they never had any quarrels.
As soon as Helena stepped into the apartment, she loved it. Her husband liked it too. They bought it expensive, but she had no choice. To buy this apartment they scraped together all the money they had saved, took out a mortgage loan, and her parents helped. Somehow they managed to cope.
They also took the responsibility for the renovation, and when choosing furniture and everything else, they thought out every detail. In every inch of the house Helena put a piece of her soul. Thanks to all of her efforts, Helena managed to make a comfortable nest for the family, where there was no one else’s energy.
After Helena and her husband moved into their new home, everything was just fine, and therefore they had no reason to complain.
However, more and more often lately Helena looked back on the past years with longing. The first time after marriage she and her husband lived in a dormitory in a small room. They both worked, but they never sat in one place, they had a few friendly gatherings, and then they went out on their own. They used to go for walks and bike rides together in the park. They spent the whole weekend with their friends in the country, going mushroom picking, barbecuing. It was so much fun! After a while they had a son, but even with a baby in their arms they managed to have fun.
The only question was, where did it all go?
They are not much older, their son is relatively mature, and they have a lot more money to spend on entertainment than before, but it is impossible to get together, and to be honest, it is impossible at all. On the weekends they sleep until dinner, and then they lie on the couch all day, and with great difficulty they send themselves out for a walk. Now getting ready for a walk is a real feat for them.
No trips and travel is out of the question, because there is no strength for it. Until recently, they did not even need a reason, and now they do not even want to celebrate their own birthdays, as you need to cook, and then even clean up.
My spouse has also noticed this.
– You know, it’s interesting how it turns out. I can not say that I’m very tired at work, I come home in a great mood, I even think about that, as soon as I come back, so much work I do, and then go for a walk. In a great mood I park the car, go into the apartment and that’s it… fatigue sets in. I can’t go for a walk if I wash my hands and immediately want to lie down so nobody touches you.
It’s the same with Helena.
After work she rushes to the store, and on the way she makes plans for the evening, but then she goes into the house and that’s it, she has no more plans. She hardly cooks and as soon as we put her son to bed, she falls into bed without effort.
The spouses are young, they do not have any health problems, their work is not difficult. Each of the spouses in the office has a coffee machine, a relaxation room, the working day lasts no more than eight hours.
Where this fatigue comes from is completely unclear.
Maybe life in the megalopolis is so exhausting and sucks out the last strength. But even before that, they lived in the capital, and yet they walked, wandered the streets of the city, went dancing. Talking about old age is totally inappropriate, since the couple are barely thirty years old. Maybe there’s something wrong with the apartment?
How do you feel about your apartment? Or maybe you’ve had this problem before?
