Should I ask Agnes out on a date?
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Yesnjnancy said:OffSheGoes35 said:njnancy said:OffSheGoes35 said:I personally don't have anything against opposites attracting. I quoted him to spark conversation.
I eat meat, for the record.
I like your new profile pic.
With all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
I can't believe this thread is still going. I didn't have the time or patience to read the last 500 posts, but the real question is, how far along is Agnes in the restraining order process?It's a hopeless situation...0
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Yestbergs said:I can't believe this thread is still going. I didn't have the time or patience to read the last 500 posts, but the real question is, how far along is Agnes in the restraining order process?
Hilarious! I personally find it hard to believe that she hasn't found this thread and read the whole thing. I know that if someone told me about a poll like this and it was about me, I would have googled it that very day, and I would have immediately found this entire discussion, lol.
That said, this is one of the best threads going on the boards now, lol, as it has expanded into many valuable topics. I very much appreciate its existence, hahaha.Post edited by PJ_Soul onWith all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
YesHughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.
Don't understand why people feel the constant need to give their opinion to others. Are these people not happy with themselves?Adelaide 17/11/2009, Melbourne 20/11/2009, Sydney 22/11/2009, Melbourne (Big Day Out Festival) 24/01/20140 -
Thoughts_Arrive said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.
Don't understand why people feel the constant need to give their opinion to others. Are these people not happy with themselves?Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
NoHughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.0 -
OffSheGoes35 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
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YesOffSheGoes35 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.It's actually a good question. I think saying that satisfying others will never make one happy is a really misguided statement. This is far from a black and white issue. Doing things for others, and to place oneself in a position within a shared relationship where compromises are made is very human, healthy, and unavoidable unless you isolate yourself way too much. Black and white statements against that might just create more inner conflict rather than solve anything. I know what he meant, but yeah, I doubt there are too many truly happy people who revolve their entire lives around themselves and their own wants and needs alone.And I think "happy wife, happy life" would be a great term, but only assuming people understand that it's meant as a reciprocal, circular kind of concept, lol.
Post edited by PJ_Soul onWith all its sham, drudgery, and broken dreams, it is still a beautiful world. Be careful. Strive to be happy. ~ Desiderata0 -
NoOkay married folks, what do you think about these rules?
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PJ_Soul said:OffSheGoes35 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.It's actually a good question. I think saying that satisfying others will never make one happy is a really misguided statement. This is far from a black and white issue. Doing things for others, and to place oneself in a position within a shared relationship where compromises are made is very human, healthy, and unavoidable unless you isolate yourself way too much. Black and white statements against that might just create more inner conflict rather than solve anything. I know what he meant, but yeah, I doubt there are too many truly happy people who revolve their entire lives around themselves and their own wants and needs alone.And I think "happy wife, happy life" would be a great term, but only assuming people understand that it's meant as a reciprocal, circular kind of concept, lol.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
OffSheGoes35 said:Okay married folks, what do you think about these rules?
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PJ_Soul said:OffSheGoes35 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.It's actually a good question. I think saying that satisfying others will never make one happy is a really misguided statement. This is far from a black and white issue. Doing things for others, and to place oneself in a position within a shared relationship where compromises are made is very human, healthy, and unavoidable unless you isolate yourself way too much. Black and white statements against that might just create more inner conflict rather than solve anything. I know what he meant, but yeah, I doubt there are too many truly happy people who revolve their entire lives around themselves and their own wants and needs alone.And I think "happy wife, happy life" would be a great term, but only assuming people understand that it's meant as a reciprocal, circular kind of concept, lol.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
HughFreakingDillon said:PJ_Soul said:OffSheGoes35 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.It's actually a good question. I think saying that satisfying others will never make one happy is a really misguided statement. This is far from a black and white issue. Doing things for others, and to place oneself in a position within a shared relationship where compromises are made is very human, healthy, and unavoidable unless you isolate yourself way too much. Black and white statements against that might just create more inner conflict rather than solve anything. I know what he meant, but yeah, I doubt there are too many truly happy people who revolve their entire lives around themselves and their own wants and needs alone.And I think "happy wife, happy life" would be a great term, but only assuming people understand that it's meant as a reciprocal, circular kind of concept, lol.
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HesCalledDyer said:HughFreakingDillon said:PJ_Soul said:OffSheGoes35 said:HughFreakingDillon said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:Thoughts_Arrive said:PJ_Soul said:oftenreading said:Thoughts_Arrive said:Forgot to add,
When my mum mentions my future children I tell her that it won't happen and she gets all sad and scared.
Having children just because your mother wants grandchildren is one of the worst reasons to have children. They aren't accessories.Words of wisdom.Never let bullshit societal norms or the desires of others force you into something you don't truly want for yourself.
What is starting to get to me is people questioning my unemployed status. Is it a societal norm to work?
Psychology is so competitive that you need a very high GPA to get accepted into postgraduate degrees.
If that wasn't the case I'd work part time and study full time. I need to dedicate 100% of my time to my current degree to have a chance at postgraduate.
I don't even know what I want to do after university. I feel like a lost soul in this world.
Thought I wanted to be a clinical psychologist when I went back to uni, now I am not sure it's for me. Plus I have my own shit that is unresolved. Not exactly the ideal practitioner. Not sure if academia/research is my thing either. I was thinking maybe social work but my fucking passion is art (even though I have been lost for painting ideas the past 3 weeks and have done nothing).
I'm 44. have a decent job, but it's not my passion. I just kind of lucked into it through working at the same place since I was 23 when I started in security.
when i was younger I always thought I was going to be a cop. Then in high school I thought I'd be a good accountant.
You know what I really want to be when I grow up? HAPPY. that's what.
I like the people I work with, my job isn't stressful, the benefits/pension are out of this world, it puts food on the table and my girls in dance and me at concerts and my wife out for dinner and drinks with friends. I've come to appreciate this. People may think I have "settled" and I'm wasting my potential. I say "fuck you" to anyone that thinks they know what I want/need. it took me a long time to realize I need to stop giving a shit what people think. satisfying others will NEVER make you happy. it doesn't matter if it's a spouse, a friend, a peer, a parent.
a guy I'm friends with once said to me "why don't you go back to school so you can make more money? don't you want your kids to want for nothing?". why, so they can see their dad miserable and non-engaging because he's too stressed out/busy with work like my dad was? yeah, no thanks. I'd rather play board games with my kids.
what opened my eyes? a guy i went to high school with, I saw years later through work. He was an accountant. i asked him how he liked it. He said "I fucking hate it. I only do it because that's what my parents wanted me to do".
I often see people I used to work with. They look at me with shock (and seeming disdain) when I tell them I still work there. Then I get the "lifer, eh?" comments, like it's something to be embarassed about. you know how I respond? "yep. why would I leave? it's a great place to work". if you respond to people like that with unapologetic, positive confidence, it shuts them down/up immediately. you simply cannot make fun of someone's happiness.
if you are confident in the choices you've made for yourself then project that.It's actually a good question. I think saying that satisfying others will never make one happy is a really misguided statement. This is far from a black and white issue. Doing things for others, and to place oneself in a position within a shared relationship where compromises are made is very human, healthy, and unavoidable unless you isolate yourself way too much. Black and white statements against that might just create more inner conflict rather than solve anything. I know what he meant, but yeah, I doubt there are too many truly happy people who revolve their entire lives around themselves and their own wants and needs alone.And I think "happy wife, happy life" would be a great term, but only assuming people understand that it's meant as a reciprocal, circular kind of concept, lol.Hugh Freaking Dillon is currently out of the office, returning sometime in the fall0 -
lastexitlondon said:Are there ridiculously cheery pearl jam fans?
I kid.
For the record, successful relationships don't last because people are similar or opposite.
They last and are successful because people recognize and set aside the petty and selfish impulses we all have to hurt each other and the petty and selfish impulses we all have to find a reason to feel hurt.
It's really that simple.
They don't say it's work because you have to struggle to put up with the person you married, it's work because it forces you to struggle to be a better person yourself.Post edited by rgambs onMonkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
Yesrgambs said:lastexitlondon said:Are there ridiculously cheery pearl jam fans?
I kid.
For the record, successful relationships don't last because people are similar or opposite.
They last and are successful because people recognize and set aside the petty and selfish impulses we all have to hurt each other and the petty and selfish impulses we all have to find a reason to feel hurt.
It's really that simple.
They don't say it's work because you have to struggle to put up with the person you married, it's work because it forces you to struggle to be a better person yourself.I SAW PEARL JAM0 -
dankind said:rgambs said:lastexitlondon said:Are there ridiculously cheery pearl jam fans?
I kid.
For the record, successful relationships don't last because people are similar or opposite.
They last and are successful because people recognize and set aside the petty and selfish impulses we all have to hurt each other and the petty and selfish impulses we all have to find a reason to feel hurt.
It's really that simple.
They don't say it's work because you have to struggle to put up with the person you married, it's work because it forces you to struggle to be a better person yourself.dankind said:rgambs said:lastexitlondon said:Are there ridiculously cheery pearl jam fans?
I kid.
For the record, successful relationships don't last because people are similar or opposite.
They last and are successful because people recognize and set aside the petty and selfish impulses we all have to hurt each other and the petty and selfish impulses we all have to find a reason to feel hurt.
It's really that simple.
They don't say it's work because you have to struggle to put up with the person you married, it's work because it forces you to struggle to be a better person yourself.
Although in a good and physically healthy relationship, that's an effect rather than a cause, you know?Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0 -
As in, if you really take care of each other otherwise, human nature will keep the trains running on time in that department.Monkey Driven, Call this Living?0
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NoHesCalledDyer said:OffSheGoes35 said:Okay married folks, what do you think about these rules?
https://youtu.be/iiq5tnzmLBM
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