Direct quotes from my dad and I
Dad: Moving to Bangor without any prospects of career seems foolish to me.
Me: Staying _here_ with no prospects of career seems foolish to me! At least in Bangor it would be different.
Dad: How is it different?
Me: In Bangor, I get to be with Bridgette, and my friends.
Dad: If you are going to prioritize that, then you are going down the path to a very unhappy adulthood.
Really? Cuz I'm having a pretty unhappy adulthood without them. It's like talking to a fucking wall.
My dad wants me to prioritize my career. I can't do that when I don't want to go back to school. I can't do that when I don't know what I want to do with my life, and frankly, I don't CARE what I do with my life as long as I'm happy. Make sense? Apparently not to my father.
Either way, this conversation only justifies why I want to go back. I understand what my father is trying to tell me. But in order for me to be comfortable, I don't need the 70,000 him and my mom make. it's obviously made HIM so happy, right? Fuck that. I love my shit job. I actually don't care, as long as I have the people I care about with me. I don't need so much money in order to be absolutely 100% comfortable with my life.
Also explain to me why about 90% of the people I know who have recently graduated, don't have a "real job" yet, or have continued into grad school?
No no, you don't need to explain it to me, I get it. So what's the problem with how I'm leading my life? Is there a problem with hiding in the scenery until the country turns around and things look a little better?
Me: Staying _here_ with no prospects of career seems foolish to me! At least in Bangor it would be different.
Dad: How is it different?
Me: In Bangor, I get to be with Bridgette, and my friends.
Dad: If you are going to prioritize that, then you are going down the path to a very unhappy adulthood.
Really? Cuz I'm having a pretty unhappy adulthood without them. It's like talking to a fucking wall.
My dad wants me to prioritize my career. I can't do that when I don't want to go back to school. I can't do that when I don't know what I want to do with my life, and frankly, I don't CARE what I do with my life as long as I'm happy. Make sense? Apparently not to my father.
Either way, this conversation only justifies why I want to go back. I understand what my father is trying to tell me. But in order for me to be comfortable, I don't need the 70,000 him and my mom make. it's obviously made HIM so happy, right? Fuck that. I love my shit job. I actually don't care, as long as I have the people I care about with me. I don't need so much money in order to be absolutely 100% comfortable with my life.
Also explain to me why about 90% of the people I know who have recently graduated, don't have a "real job" yet, or have continued into grad school?
No no, you don't need to explain it to me, I get it. So what's the problem with how I'm leading my life? Is there a problem with hiding in the scenery until the country turns around and things look a little better?