I'm a p****y.

Bear with me here. I just had an epiphany and really need to get it off of my chest.

OK, so I don't know why it took me so long to realize this, but I'm a grade-A wuss.

My parents and I just had an hour-long conversation about where am I and where I'm looking to go in life. Tones became combative at times, but it was very successful in the sense that it forced me to actually stand back and take a critical look at myself.

I've never had a serious job. Most people in college don't have careers, but by "serious" I mean 40hrs/week in a restaurant, bookstore, whatever. I worked at CVS from the time I was 15 'till I was 17 but never actually treated it like I should have. More often than not, I'd call in sick for bogus reasons and just treat is as something my parents forced me to do. Now I look at some of my friends who are paying for part of their education by waiting tables 4 nights a week and I feel like such a *************. All I do is sell luxury clothing and accessories. Real back-breaking work, right?

This past summer, my grandfather told me that I could work at his electrical/mechanical contracting company. I would have been lugging pipes and other stuff around, but the pay was $11 an hour or something. Of course, being a *****, I dismissed this as "too hard" and "too menial". A ridiculous outlook, and in hindsight I can really see how dumb I was.

Both my dad and grandfather had families by the time they were 22 and 18 (respectively). These guys worked more than 40/hrs a week to pay for rent, utilities, diapers, food, you name it. I'm suddenly realizing that, at the same age, I don't have an ounce of the courage they had. It makes me feel like I'm worthless.

So what does this all mean? Well, I'm going to suck it up and get a full time job this summer. Start saving for a new car. Maybe I'll get two jobs, I don't know yet. But I think it's time for me to grow up and start to at least act like a man.

Originally Posted by Connemara

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Bear with me here. I just had an epiphany and really need to get it off of my chest.

OK, so I don't know why it took me so long to realize this, but I'm a grade-A wuss.

My parents and I just had an hour-long conversation about where am I and where I'm looking to go in life. Tones became combative at times, but it was very successful in the sense that it forced me to actually stand back and take a critical look at myself.

I've never had a serious job. Most people in college don't have careers, but by "serious" I mean 40hrs/week in a restaurant, bookstore, whatever. I worked at CVS from the time I was 15 'till I was 17 but never actually treated it like I should have. More often than not, I'd call in sick for bogus reasons and just treat is as something my parents forced me to do. Now I look at some of my friends who are paying for part of their education by waiting tables 4 nights a week and I feel like such a *************. All I do is sell luxury clothing and accessories. Real back-breaking work, right?

This past summer, my grandfather told me that I could work at his electrical/mechanical contracting company. I would have been lugging pipes and other stuff around, but the pay was $11 an hour or something. Of course, being a *****, I dismissed this as "too hard" and "too menial". A ridiculous outlook, and in hindsight I can really see how dumb I was.

Both my dad and grandfather had families by the time they were 22 and 18 (respectively). These guys worked more than 40/hrs a week to pay for rent, utilities, diapers, food, you name it. I'm suddenly realizing that, at the same age, I don't have an ounce of the courage they had. It makes me feel like I'm worthless.

So what does this all mean? Well, I'm going to suck it up and get a full time job this summer. Start saving for a new car. Maybe I'll get two jobs, I don't know yet. But I think it's time for me to grow up and start to at least act like a man.

Congratulations Conne. Coming to grips with yourself over things like this is (obviously) the first step! Best of luck, and keep us posted on how things are goin!

And before you know it you'll be voting Republican.

+10000.

At least you're finding out now, when you can still do something about it. Because it only gets more difficult.

good man. anything that I can do to help, feel free to ask.

you are as soft and messy as Lindsay Lohan's snatch after being banged by three dudes in a 24 hour period.

Originally Posted by edmorel

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you are as soft and messy as Lindsay Lohan's snatch after being banged by three dudes in a 24 hour period.

+ 1

While it's great you realize this now and want to do something about it, posting about it on the internet just exacerbates your ***** status. It is here in writing however as a reminder to you just in case you try to resume your ***** ways.

I say get a part-time job to keep peace at home and improve your self-esteem. However, your priority should be to graduate college in good standing. Believe me, you'll have plenty of opportunities in the future to be a "man" with a career, nagging wife, bratty kids, huge mortgage, etc.....

Too many people feel the way you used to Conne. This is one reason why the country is in the state it is today. I once had a roommate who lived on my couch for a year paying cheap rent because he thought he was too good to work anywhere without a 6-figure/year income. In the end, he squandered his savings and ended up being a pizza guy cuz otherwise he'd be homeless.

I like pizza. We need pizza guys.


Conne, a serious job for the summer sounds like a good idea, for a whole host of reasons.

But from the title of the thread, I thought maybe you were disappointed by your score on the "how many five year olds can you take" test.

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I like pizza. We need pizza guys.
Actually, I was a pizza deliveryman in 2006. Didn't call in sick once for that job

Originally Posted by Connemara

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Actually, I was a pizza deliveryman in 2006. Didn't call in sick once for that job

Forget pizza guy.

Jimmy John's guys get the best tips! IME lol

How about phone sex operator. coat hangers Connelicious on line 1 please.

No you won't. We'll see this same whiney thread this summer.

Originally Posted by drake

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No you won't. We'll see this same whiney thread this summer.

Damn, that's harsh.