Have you ever quit a job, without another lined up, for you mental health? How did it turn out?

Yeah I quit a kitchen job after like 11 years because the waitress I was in love with slept with the sous chef. There were other reasons, but that was the main one. I never made a move because she was in a relationship and had a kid, but I fucking loved her, and I know she had something for me too, the timing just never lined up.

I ended up leaving the job, a few months after I got a Great Dane puppy, and going on a cross country road trip with no destination. It was a real life changing experience. I ended up in the same general area some months later, got a new job, and eventually crossed paths with her again, and again, sparks, but bad timing. Only now she'd been diagnosed with breast cancer.

She ended up dying, leaving a young son. I didn't even know until a few months after she passed. I still wonder if she was "the one" and how things would have gone if I'd been more aggressive in my persuit. That was ~6 years ago and I still dream about her. I'm in a serious relationship now but I still wonder.

I took the Great Dane on another cross country trip after quitting another job, we had amazing times. He's since died as well. Unexpectedly and maybe preventably if I'd gotten him to a vet in time.

I have regrets.

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