{"id":91450,"date":"2026-06-30T13:38:15","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/?p=91450"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:38:15","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:38:15","slug":"im-a-20-year-old-unpaid-carer-my-friends-are-saving-for-houses-ill-never-afford","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/2026\/06\/30\/im-a-20-year-old-unpaid-carer-my-friends-are-saving-for-houses-ill-never-afford\/","title":{"rendered":"I\u2019m a 20-year-old unpaid carer \u2013 my friends are saving for houses I\u2019ll never afford"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> < 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net\/tenant\/amp\/entityid\/AA26MYU0.img?w=768&h=576&m=6&x=250&y=241&s=374&d=219\" alt=\"'When I\u2019m at work, part of my mind is always at home. Will she manage the stairs? Has she eaten? Is the pain worse today?'\" width=\"697\" height=\"523\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t grow up thinking of myself as a carer. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.msn.com\/en-gb\/health\/other\/i-m-a-20-year-old-unpaid-carer-my-friends-are-saving-for-houses-i-ll-never-afford\/ar-AA26NAyF?ocid=msedgntp&pc=HCTS&cvid=6a43b96d67584bc086a7224a5dc37282&ei=141\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading Time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minute<\/span><\/span>I didn\u2019t grow up thinking of myself as a carer. Read More<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":91452,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[154],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-91450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-health"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/young-carer-1.jpg","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=91450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":91453,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/91450\/revisions\/91453"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/91452"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=91450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=91450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/positivelysharing.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=91450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}