sticking it to the man
So sometime I wonder how much genetics actually has to do with our personalities. I mean there are times, like now, when I realize that I differ from my family to an extreme that it seems like I just don't belong. Its the classic nature versus nurture debate. There are so many things that I want to do in my life, I know that I just don't want to settle. It really unnerves me that my parents just want me to settle and have a family. My dad said and I quote "Just get a job, get married,and have kids" Why? WTF?!?!?? I've never wanted kids, only part of me wants to get married and I certainly don't want to be stuck in some job for the rest of my life. I want to try new things and keep life interesting, why do I have to settle down and why oh why did he have to say get married? Its not like I can do that one on my own. I'm done living other people's dreams, my dad wanted me to go to college, I wanted to travel, I went to college, granted I went thousands of miles away but I still went to college right out of high school. I'm done living up to everyone's standards except my own. So I've decided I am going to do the Peace Corp or go work in Antartica for a winter, just something out of the norm that gets me into the real world, experiencing things that I know I never would have been able to do if I were to settle!