A woman who sold pretty much all of her belongings to go and live on a cruise ship spoke about the 'dark side' of that life as she wanted to make it clear it wasn't 'all glitz and glamour'.
Lynelle said she 'sold my house, left a toxic marriage, quit a toxic job' and sold pretty much everything else she owned so she could buy her way onto a cruise ship and live there.
Having retired at the age of 53 to go and live on a cruise ship, you'd think it would all be pretty idyllic from then on out, but Lynelle wanted to explain that there were some clouds to the silver linings.
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While some folks consider the entire ship to be their living space, Lynelle pointed out that a lack of space meant you slept in rather cramped surroundings.
"Take your current bedroom, cut it in half, now squeeze a queen-sized bed, a couple of nightstands and everything you need to live into that half of a bedroom, that's what your cabin is going to look like," she said of smaller space.
While the cabins were cramped, the cruise ship resident said it wasn't because of thick walls, saying she'd 'heard so many things while I'm in my cabin that was disturbing to me'.
On a few occasions she even had to call crew members to sort things out, and if you're living on a cruise ship, then the fact 'you hear everything' from arguments to the ship's entertainment might start to be a problem.
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Lynelle said she once got 'insomnia' from all the noise, but she was able to 'push past' it in the end. She explained that she was an 'introvert' and spent quite a bit of time in her cabin, hence why all the noise was a bit of a problem.
If you like keeping yourself to yourself, then there might be some problems on board the ship as 'you cannot escape' from interacting with your fellow passengers who have nobody else to talk to.
She suggested that you should try and take a few cruises to try out life on board one of the ships before you decided to live there, particularly if you got seasick.
It's an expensive thing to do so you don't want to be stuck on board a boat that drains your bank account and makes you sick.
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Speaking of things that could make you sick, Lynelle said that the food served on board could end up being 'monotonous' as you'd get a rotation of the same meals during the various legs of the journey.
She also warned that your emotions could get the better of you in such a life, as 'it's hard to make lasting friendships' because many other passengers would come and go and 'even when you do click with other people they get off the ship and live their lives' which could get difficult.
"Depending on your personality I think some people would get lonely on a cruise ship or they would be really sad the people they met and connected with are going home to their families and their lives," she warned people of the less pleasant aspects of life on the cruise ship.
Despite all of these downsides, Lynelle said she wasn't planning to live on a cruise ship at first but found it was 'perfect for me' and 'the pros far outweigh the cons'.
Topics: Cruise Ship, Travel, Lifestyle
Joe Harker