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03-20-2018, 11:24 PM | #2 |
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This was just touched on in another thread, so I'll spill my guts here too.
I'm going to be 50 in a couple months, and 4 months ago I walked away from my 2nd career, and I have no idea what I'm going to do now. |
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03-20-2018, 11:27 PM | #3 | |
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Do you mind if I ask you follow up questions? Why would you walk from a career without a backup plan in your pocket? Best of wishes. You seem like a sharp dude. |
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03-20-2018, 11:27 PM | #4 |
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Sorry, brother. That takes courage, though, and you have lots of options. Ever considered hookin?
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03-20-2018, 11:29 PM | #5 |
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You seem to have very tangible skills. There's some employer out there who's looking for you, and it's just a matter of finding each other.
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03-20-2018, 11:34 PM | #6 | |
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03-20-2018, 11:35 PM | #7 |
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I was about to make a thread about this, but wasn't sure if it was worth it.
My parents are nice people, but they refuse to have an adult relationship with me. They constantly say things like, "You're always going to be five years old to us,", and unbelievably act like there's some chance that I'll move into their house with them at some point. The odds of that are so far below zero that it blows up computers to even try to calculate it. It's creepy first of all, but it's also very disrespectful. They don't acknowledge the fact that I've been an independent adult for decades, and this 'you'll always be a little boy to us' talk disregards everything I've accomplished in my life. As they get older, it seems to be getting worse and worse. It's really disappointing that they can't evolve the relationship and see me for who I am.
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03-20-2018, 11:36 PM | #8 | |
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03-20-2018, 11:36 PM | #9 |
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What do you like to do that will earn money?
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03-20-2018, 11:36 PM | #10 |
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03-20-2018, 11:36 PM | #11 |
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Everyone in my family has had their appendix removed. I knew there would come a day when my children would face that same reality.
Last night, my oldest began crying about stomach pain in the appendix region. I immediately told my wife to take her to the ER nearest by. They ran some tests and afterwards, told us that they didn't have a Pediatric surgeon on staff. Meanwhile, I was taking care of the 5 year old and texting constantly. They took an ambulance to an affiliated hospital 13 miles away (or 45 minutes LA time). They ran test after test and couldn't make a determination. After I dropped off the 5 year old this morning at school, I headed over, explained the situation to the Resident Dr. My daughter was vomiting constantly. The surgeon was due to arrive at 2pm, so we suffered for hours. The performed a CT scan (this is after 3 Ultrasounds) and found fluid outside of her ovaries. They weren't sure if it was an Ovarian cyst that burst or something else. The appendix looked fine. Finally, the doc arrived and I impressed upon her our family history of appendicitis. She took note and took my daughter into surgery. Before that, she said that she might need to sever her Small Colon and reattach. She also warned that if the Small Colon was Black, and therefore deprived of oxygen, she'd have to sever it and put in a Colostomy insert (for a bag). After three months, she'd go back in and attempt to reattach the Small Colon. About an hour later, the nurse called. Surgery was complete. They found that at birth, her Small Intestine kinked up like a hose, so she removed the excess tissue. She also said that she was looking for any reason to remove the appendix due to our family history and said the tip was slightly inflamed, so it's gone. After 14 hours at the hospital today, I'm home. My wife is staying overnight, again, and I"ll go back tomorrow. My daughter's surgery was a success. Too many close friends reached out and the 5 year old is staying with one of her best friends tonight (and a great couple). All that said, after losing my 14.5 year old Lab and best friend just last week and now this, it's been a fairly rough March. |
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03-20-2018, 11:41 PM | #12 | |
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It affected me both mentally and physically, and I'm still working through those issues. |
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03-20-2018, 11:41 PM | #13 |
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Little shit doesn't bother me any more. A few years ago we rushed our 3 year old to the hospital where he stayed for several days. THAT bothered me.
Andy Reid's bullshit and job stress and bills and car taxes and yada yada means nothing. None of it matters. And you won't remember any of it down the road anyway. Lincoln used to say: if you wanna strain your memory, try and think of what you worried about one year ago today. |
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03-20-2018, 11:43 PM | #14 |
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Rain Man not to justify their behaviour but as a parent I can tell you one of the saddest conclusions I came to was my kids didn't need me. They are good kids and love me but don't need me for anything and I should be proud of their independence. But it's hard to just be a parent in name because when they were young it always my most important job and now it's done. No parent wants it to end.
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03-20-2018, 11:47 PM | #15 |
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I like the trade type work, renovations, remodeling, etc, and I'm doing that now to get by but it's not sustainable. I already did it for 20+ years but gave it up 9 years ago due to mounting physical issues.
I enjoyed the apartment maintenance as well, it was the perfect fit for my skillset without the physical rigors. And I was doing very well for myself until everything went to hell last year. |
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