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The original was posted on /r/amitheasshole by /u/SusieQu1885 on 2024-01-23 20:41:15+00:00.

I have a very stressful job with long hours and a horrible boss. Over the last couple of years, there hasn’t been new employees because they find that the work load is demanding. My boss also likes to play favorites with some of my co workers, so she offers more opportunities to them like going to workshops and conferences. I’m pretty much burnt out at this point, because even though I believe I’m a good worker, I refuse to do extra work on my free time. I don’t want to quit because I have a stable contract which took years to achieve and I’ve already explored the rest of my field for 2 years and it’s not that great out there. I’m almost up to getting tenure this year, so after 6 years, it has to mean something. I’m often given the worst shifts, the most hours, and the worst stations- I’ve complained about it and often go ignored or yelled at. Anyways; this year 3 co workers have decided to get pregnant at the same time and since I’m in Europe it means they get a sghit ton of maternity leave and special time off (here you can get up to a year off depending on where you work, you can literally milk the system and even work part time until the kid is 18). This means more work load for me who is childless, so my life is pretty much meaningless as compared to people with children. Then somebody just retired today after working for over 35 years, but she did mention this over a year ago that her time was up; my boss knew this. Now we were also blindsided coming into 2024 because a co worker’s kid got diagnosed with leukemia, so this means she has to take 2 years off to take care of her kid (this is horrible and I’m praying for her)- so we are basically short staffed, older staff members have to put in a lot of hours when it’s technically illegal after turning 50 years old to work night shifts, but they are left with no choice. People with no children like myself have to pick up the slack. And yet, they include me in this group chat for the co workers baby showers- I left the group chats and refuse to contribute a damm cent, because I shouldn’t have to celebrate the fact that your life’s decisions is affecting mine, so I’m being very salty about it. I can only feel happy if a friend or family member gets pregnant, not a frigking co worker- Anyways, am I an evil person for not participating in these celebrations?