"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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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.
I may have seen that episode.
That's one reason why it's not unusual for localities to provide propery
Excessive amounts of cocaine aren't good for kids either.
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