Glad you moved on to happiness. Seriously, tens of thousands of young men and woman get useless degrees every year and are in debt for decades. You single out aviation degrees as basically worthless. Yep, I agree, Got an aerospace engineering degree so if failed or came a downturn, could still be an engineer in many industries. You fail to mention that these tens of thousands of students get degrees that won't even get them a primary career that pays anywhere near the potential of many airline pilots. I also chose to live in domicile and other choices to enhance the success of my career.
Made many weddings, reunions etc. Depend where end up but not all dismal.
Know many burn out and its just a job. Have many non aviation friends equally burnt out and they work 5+ days a week. All perspective. I'm fortunate, but feel in my career am more fortunate than most. In my favor, I still enjoy professional flying, even though many trips are demanding and have less than enjoyable aspects. Just like every other job in the world.
Cheers