God damn it
Okay, seriously. I just got a new job. IT'S IN SALES! It's business experience, which I need to get into any pharmaceutical company or any hospital management position. It's with a company so respected that colleges teach their training course as a class and accept working with them as college credits. The boss I have is awesome and about my age and the people I'm working with are only about a dozen or so and are making good money.
So. What do my parents do?
Keep telling me I'm not going to sell anything and I should quit before trying. When I ask them to let me practice with them so I can get my sales pitch straightened out and feel more comfortable and confident? My mother fell asleep in the middle and my dad made fun of me and it the entire time; he said no one's going to buy from me, but good luck trying anyway.
I just. Why is it always like this with them? I'm finally getting closer to what I want to do with my life, doing something that'll make money and give me confidence, and doing something that will be enjoyable, and all they have to say to me is that they either don't care or think I'm going to fail. I felt depressed and miserable after I got finished with practicing with them.
I thought parents were supposed to be supportive, especially when their kids were doing what the parents WANT them to do? It's been like this all my life. If I had to name the single strongest negative influence in my life, it wouldn't be the bullies at school or my difficulty in college or anything like that: it'd be my parents.
I just wish for once that they'd actually say I can do something or say that I'm doing well. There's just...no support whatsoever. When I tell them about it, they start yelling at me about all the money they spend. No matter what I say to try to get it clear to them it has nothing to do with money, they just don't get it.
I can't wait to move out. It's all the more reason for me to work harder at this job they think I'm going to fail at. If my parents taught me one thing, it was how a parent SHOULDN'T be. If I ever have kids, I am going to look at what I do constantly and, if it's anything like what my parents have done or would do, I'll smack myself and do what's right.
So. What do my parents do?
Keep telling me I'm not going to sell anything and I should quit before trying. When I ask them to let me practice with them so I can get my sales pitch straightened out and feel more comfortable and confident? My mother fell asleep in the middle and my dad made fun of me and it the entire time; he said no one's going to buy from me, but good luck trying anyway.
I just. Why is it always like this with them? I'm finally getting closer to what I want to do with my life, doing something that'll make money and give me confidence, and doing something that will be enjoyable, and all they have to say to me is that they either don't care or think I'm going to fail. I felt depressed and miserable after I got finished with practicing with them.
I thought parents were supposed to be supportive, especially when their kids were doing what the parents WANT them to do? It's been like this all my life. If I had to name the single strongest negative influence in my life, it wouldn't be the bullies at school or my difficulty in college or anything like that: it'd be my parents.
I just wish for once that they'd actually say I can do something or say that I'm doing well. There's just...no support whatsoever. When I tell them about it, they start yelling at me about all the money they spend. No matter what I say to try to get it clear to them it has nothing to do with money, they just don't get it.
I can't wait to move out. It's all the more reason for me to work harder at this job they think I'm going to fail at. If my parents taught me one thing, it was how a parent SHOULDN'T be. If I ever have kids, I am going to look at what I do constantly and, if it's anything like what my parents have done or would do, I'll smack myself and do what's right.