I loved the line about babies coming out of the womb -- I laughed long over that one! I also love the humor in your writing. You do great remembered dialogue. "Why do you want anything more" is such a self-defeating attitude in this situation.
Wow. That is evidence of some unbridled jealousy, for sure.
Of course, in my case, I was the first one on both sides of my mother's family to earn a graduate degree, so it was celebration time! My Pop-Pop was so proud. :)
This is that whole "crabs in a barrel" thing-- don't be better than us, how dare you think you could do better!
I really don't understand the obsessive need to tell you that you "should not" go to graduate school" because "that's enough schooling." How is that anyone else's decision to make?
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Of course, in my case, I was the first one on both sides of my mother's family to earn a graduate degree, so it was celebration time! My Pop-Pop was so proud. :)
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I really don't understand the obsessive need to tell you that you "should not" go to graduate school" because "that's enough schooling." How is that anyone else's decision to make?
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