"I just don't want to work"

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Registered: 09-13-2007
"I just don't want to work"
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Tue, 10-09-2007 - 10:06pm

Hi all... I'm new to the board and I am curious.


I am in my mid twenties, unmarried, no children. I work in an extremely competitive field with many other women my age. Many of us are making six figures and the job is very stressful. We all have a great work ethic, but sometimes when the stress gets really bad, I'll often hear the girls (never the guys) saying things like "Arrgghh... I'm so sick of work. I just want to marry a rich man, have kids, stay home and NOT WORK."....... I was raised by two working parents (two very loving, caring hardworking parents). My mother was very successful in her career, and I feel that when I get married, I will (like my mom) continue to work and raise children at the same time (my mom was definitely "super mom" ---she did it all and was great!)...... My main question: many of the women in my work stay in the position for about 5-7 years and then leave.....the funny thing is...

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Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:22am

Pathetic, tacky and inconsiderate? I would call piles of trash on the lawn all of those. But not door color. And why would somebody need to be "smoking something" to want their door to be yellow? What is wrong with yellow? Or blue, or red or purple or white or brown or any of the myriad other colors that it's physically possible to make a door? Do you really think there are only one or two colors that are ok and anything else is evidence that somebody must be high?

I know this wasn't just about yellow doors as such, that you just meant them as an example. But it really works as a good example because a yellow door is so inoffensive that I'm having a hard time wrapping my head around why it would be so awful to live next to.

I've already described the Addams family house 2 blocks from mine which doesn't bother me. I suppose there are other things in my neighborhood you would also find ghastly but which I find charming because they showcase individuality of each person:

Virgin Mary statues (she stands inside of a pale blue shell-like object), Red Sox flags (go SOX!!), Halloween extravangzas (cobwebs on the shrubbery, tombstones on the lawn), a red door, goose statues that wear different clothes depending on the month, a lawn that is almost entirely weeds, a lawn that is almost entirely gravel with a few ornamental shrubs in the middle, a lawn that looks like somebody clips it by hand every day, a brick patio that is out front where a lawn would otherwise be, you get the idea.

And property values are pretty high for the reason property values are often high: it's a reasonable commute to the city and the schools are good.

iVillage Member
Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:24am

I may have seen that episode.

iVillage Member
Registered: 03-27-2003
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:26am
It's exceptional to paint a door anything other than brown, black, white, red, green or blue? That's actually a fairly large number of colors. If you are ok with all those colors, why didn't yellow make the cut? Why is yellow so much more horrifying than any of the others? Is it just your personal least favorite color?
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:31am

That's one reason why it's not unusual for localities to provide propery

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-02-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:32am
Santa Cruz Mountains. 10 minutes off Summit Road and you are in the STICKS! Los Gatos School District. I have friends that won't even come to my house because it seems so remote (the windy mountain roads freak them out). It is a great way to avoid unannounced drop-ins. Paradisio.
iVillage Member
Registered: 10-24-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:33am
you're wrong, i didn't only list 2 colors, i mentioned about 5 or 6. why are you lowering my numbers to make it as if i am not open minded. if someone paints their door the color yellow, most likely they will exhibit other behavior that
iVillage Member
Registered: 08-18-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:34am

Excessive amounts of cocaine aren't good for kids either.

iVillage Member
Registered: 10-24-2007
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:35am
no i listed the colors that would not make anyone give the door a second look. a person who paitns their door yellow or purple or orange or pink or mint green, or lavendar or orchid or peach or, or , or is asking for someone to comment on their choice.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:35am
Sounds like a sad life.
iVillage Member
Registered: 03-26-2003
Thu, 10-25-2007 - 10:36am
You get all that from a yellow door?
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