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Don't work

I'm 35 and have never worked more than 7 1/2 hours a day in my life and that was for only 6 months when I was 25. Otherwise I have lived with my parents until I was 23, away at college for 6 months, worked 1 -3 hours a day for 6 years and now I'm on disability for the last few years and live with my mom, wife who works and I watch my kid. I think looking for a job is like begging and I'm too "good" to lower myself and be under some asshole's thumb. I don't think I'll ever get a job again. Fuck it!
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Anonymous
2006-05-09 01:34:32
I don't know how disabled you are, so excuse my ignorance, but I think there are plenty of jobs out there that you could do, if you had the desire. But it sounds like you don't have that desire.

A lot of people don't like having a boss, because they don't want to "be under some a**hole's thumb." However, if you want to help your wife provide for your family and bring in a little extra money for your kid, then you need to get off your butt and do something about it. What are your skills? Have you ever considered becoming self-employed?

If you don't think you can be self-employed, then you need to get past all your notions about pride. This isn't just about you. Kids are expensive, and I bet your wife is under a lot of pressure as the sole bread-winner. It sounds to me like you're just making excuses for the fact that you don't want to do anything. That's fine--there are plenty of stay-at-home dads around, but I suspect that if you really wanted to be a stay-at-home dad, then you wouldn't have posted a note that expresses so much self-conflict about not having a job.

So either get yourself self-employed or swallow your pride and work for the man. People will certainly respect you more than they probably do now, you'll be bringing in cash, and you'll be helping your family. And I'm guessing that's probably what you want to do.
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Anonymous
2006-05-09 02:38:54
Part of being an adult is learning to "lower" yourself and work beneath someone. You live with your mom but you almost seem like you're bragging about it. Grow up and get a job, if for nothing else at least to give your kid a better life.
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seventh_shot (1935)
2006-05-31 04:32:40
Pretty much what the other two said. You may be past your college years with a wife and kid of your own, but you sound like a brat. Part of adulthood is biting the bullet and going to work when you'd really rather stay home and screw off. Do you think those of us with jobs are happy to work for "the man"? We do it because we have expenses, not for the pleasure of being another cog in the machine.

I'd think you'd want to get out there and do something anyway, just so other people don't think of you as a deadbeat leech. Have you ever tried imagining your wife's situation, or even your mother's? Would you want to foot the bills for someone who CHOSE not to lift a finger? Why would you do that to someone you apparently love?
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