At what moments do you find yourself saying "life just isn't fair"?

I don’t often say that. I did one time though when we were rear-ended on the freeway. When we went to trial, the lawyer for the woman who hit is made us detail our entire lives on the stand including our tax returns and everything.

It really wasn’t fair.

At the moment I am feeling really sorry for myself because I am working my arse off, day job, overtime and a part time cleaning job and yet two days ago I didn’t have enough money to even by a packet of tampons. Thankfully I can just about afford to pay my rent and all my bills but after that I am left with very little to buy food, fuel for my car and essentials (like Tampons!). Of course, there are so many people that have it worse than I do and it’s certainly not the end of the world but life isn’t fair when you can’t afford Tampons (when/if you need them of course!).

There are certain things in my life that I have no control over (I won’t get into it here). Not fair at all, but, I do the best that I can and cope/get through it.

Never point this at myself. I mean life’s what you make it right? Whenever I see anything associated with child or animal neglect/cruelty. Don’t know which emotion I feel more, anger or sadness.

When a young man can get the funding to attend college and he ruins his opportunity by making bomb threats, yet my son who worked so hard to get straight A’s in AP courses in high school, and is continuing to excel in college, is still struggling to pay the bill and find funding for this semester.

When I win the lottery and flaunt my wealth before my friends.

When a natural disaster occurs that leaves behind a trail of death and destruction that no one is prepared for, then life doesn’t seem fair.

Often. But I’m okay with that. Life isn’t fair and it cannot be made so, so I just deal with it and adapt the best I can. Works for me.

These moments usually come when my work or achievements go unrecognized in favor of someone who has done less, or what have you.

I don’t say that.That is just the way it is sometimes. ;)

I always hated when I found a woman that was perfect physically, but was a complete moron. Then, you find a super intelligent woman, but you’re not very attracted to her.

But yeah….in general all of life isn’t fair and it’s easy to become nihlistic when you think of the inequalities all over.

When I look at my hairline. Then I look at my younger brother and think I made out pretty well. That’s about it.

Not usually pointed at myself but at life’s injustice. Children or animals that are hurt, someone that is a total ass hole winning the lottery, things like that.

Never about my life, always about the life of others – most often when reading about rape of women and children as part of war.

When I lost my father to cancer. Life is really, really unfair when loved ones die before their time is due.

I never say it because it’s so continual, obvious and inescapable.

When I start to feel really sad about my husband being overseas I think it’s not fair. It’s the job and life we signed up for and I know that, but that really doesn’t matter when I’m really (more than usual) missing him (luckily most of the time I don’t feel this way).

Well, pretty much any time my kids pipe up with “that’s not fair!”.

I teach my kids that life isn’t fair, and they should have no expectation that it is. They don’t get the same things out of life because they are two different people. If they expect their parents to treat them exactly the same, they will be sorely disappointed.

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My son was in the middle of a heated child custody battle, when he suffered a severe stroke and nearly died. He lost custody of his daughter, and is having a serious struggle to recover some control of his left side. His memory is blank in many places.

After three years of physical therapy, he had just begun taking in a few web design orders when he tripped over his cat and broke his leg. He lives in a third floor walk up so the ambulance crew had to carry him down three flights of steps.

He got a metal plate screwed into his bone, but is now confined to the apartment. The housing authority is taking a long time to process his request for a first floor apartment because they are in the midst of a movement to halt disability fraud, and are months behind in the work.

The moments im awake. My life blows….

When best laid plans are ruined by just one unexpected phone call.

When young children suffer (hunger, death, pain, neglect…..) anything.

Walking through the Childrens Hospital today.

When my mother passed away and I realized I couldn’t get hugs when I was sad.

When investment bankers collected bonuses in 2009.

I always just remember, fare is what you pay to ride the bus.