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Originally Posted by Rathji
Not all of us, the broke fools like me just don't talk about it much. I like to console myself that my financial woes are due to me being a student supporting a family, but give me 5 years and I will prove I am a screw up!
In reality, I would wager that the average awareness of a CP poster is probably a couple magnitude higher than an 'average' US citizen. That probably means more people have thier ducks in a row here than in the general population. Take a look at the income poll thread from a month or so ago - although a lot of that might be due solely to oil.
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Yeah, I thought about the oil money after I made the post.
But Rathji let me just say how much I admire you for going back to school. I wish I had done it. My excuse is "fear" and listening to others instead of myself.
My brother did what you are doing. He joined the Army and ended up in Korea. He met an American girl over there, she got pregnant and they both got out due to "family hardships"--long story. They got a little apt., he went to community college (he's 21 at the time) and they both worked. Then he got a job as a UPS manager and quit school. My mother-in all her misguidedness- was thrilled. UPS! That's great! But it drove my brother insane. He had the balls I never had--he wanted something better. He went back to school at 27, (still with a wife and kid, of course), graduated Magna Cum Laude from FIT and ended up with a great career designing airports and travelling the world. Not necessarily in demand in this country--but jobs in Pakistan, Dubai, and even Transylvania have provided him with a nice living.
Rathji, you ARE NOT a screw up. Please. It's people like me that give up. We are the screw-ups! I am very proud of you
