Chaos... to be continued

[cheekygirl75]

I did. I left.

Your parents told you to leave?

 

[Strixaluco]

Guys … It’s day 8 of the hostage situation that is recovery … someone save me from this boredom

*hug*

 

[MsNatalie99]

Ok, so here's "ugly Anubis". Better?

View attachment 2152042 I hope he bites

 

[MsNatalie99]

Your parents told you to leave?

My mom and my step dad. It's a crappy story and I shouldn't have said anything. On to happier subjects like crippling student debt

 

[cheekygirl75]

It’s funny but sad… I have a friend with a BA in history and she can barely find a job making little more than minimum wage.

Yup... I'm so lucky I graduated when I did, and that I had student jobs in offices, otherwise I would have been absolutely screwed with my degree in philosophy!

 

[MsNatalie99]

Guys … It’s day 8 of the hostage situation that is recovery … someone save me from this boredom

Where you at, I could probably steal a few of those motorized carts from Walmart and we can hit the road Thelma and Louise Style

 

[amanuk]

Ok, so here's "ugly Anubis". Better?

View attachment 2152042

Whatever happened to "mysterious Egyptian guy"?

 

[HoneyMeadows]

Right? I think my mother might have even suggested I not go to school right away... but at the time, I didn't know how else to get out of my parents' house & have a little independence, so that wasn't going to happen!

I did the same to escape an emotionally abusive situation. I have no regrets, the debt was worth it for me

 

[cheekygirl75]

My mom and my step dad. It's a crappy story and I shouldn't have said anything. On to happier subjects like crippling student debt

That's awful, I'm sorry

 

[Mei5ter]

That's too funny I dropped my phone laughing

You'd have thought twice doing that in this particular bathroom.

It’s funny but sad… I have a friend with a BA in history and she can barely find a job making little more than minimum wage.

Try a PhD in musicology.

 

[Strixaluco]

Now where would the fun be in listening to parents!?

I did. Got a good degree from the uni. They didn't tell me which major, though, or which university... I'm an engineer, and I think I should be a mathematician instead. Would still go back to the uni if I had enough energy and enough money to live on for 3 years...

 

[crazychemgirl]

Where you at, I could probably steal a few of those motorized carts from Walmart and we can hit the road Thelma and Louise Style

That sounds amazing and I’m 100% down for that

 

[SirConradPeckereye]

You can never be too angry at Sallie Mae. They're pretty much knee Breakers, minus the cool mob movie charm and accents

Yea there was this article I was reading yesterday where this lady had 150k in loans but since she wasn't even paying off the interest with payments she now owes 250k

 

[MsNatalie99]

That's awful, I'm sorry

It's okay it was a lot of things piled up. I don't waste my love or energy on people who won't for me.

 

[crazychemgirl]

It’s really sad that we equate higher learning to job prospects … higher learning should be about just that … learning. Fuck our stupid system of selling our physical labor for life necessities like food and shelter.

 

[crazychemgirl]

It's okay it was a lot of things piled up. I don't waste my love or energy on people who won't for me.

We love you here Nat… fuck the haters

 

[MsNatalie99]

Yea there was this article I was reading yesterday where this lady had 150k in loans but since she wasn't even paying off the interest with payments she now owes 250k

The trick, is to stay in school. Further your education, prolonging the payment dates until retirement, then promptly die so that you don't have to pay them. At least that's my plan

 

[LexxRuthless]

My mom and my step dad. It's a crappy story and I shouldn't have said anything. On to happier subjects like crippling student debt

Sending love to you, not loving the situation. Here's to a better you, in a better life.

 

[cheekygirl75]

It's okay it was a lot of things piled up. I don't waste my love or energy on people who won't for me.

Love eyes for you being a badass and an awesome person, not the shitty situation.

It’s really sad that we equate higher learning to job prospects … higher learning should be about just that … learning. Fuck our stupid system of selling our physical labor for life necessities like food and shelter.

Hear hear! And not everyone needs higher learning! I swear, some of the jobs I see that *insist* on a 4 year degree are ridiculous. Like, I can't learn how to answer a multi-line phone without a degree???

 

[Mei5ter]

The trick, is to stay in school. Further your education, prolonging the payment dates until retirement, then promptly die so that you don't have to pay them. At least that's my plan

Lit is, after all, a place you can prolong adolescence beyond all normal limits!

 

[gga]

I agree. For a moment it just felt like I was yelling at @gga3737, and he didn't do anything to Warrant any hostility. I do sometimes get excited and I don't recognize what tone I'm using

All good. I didn't take it as directed at me.

And it wouldn't be the first time I've been yelled at here.

 

[crazychemgirl]

The trick, is to stay in school. Further your education, prolonging the payment dates until retirement, then promptly die so that you don't have to pay them. At least that's my plan

It’s a legitimate plan.

 

[LaisDeMarieDeFrance]

Right? I think my mother might have even suggested I not go to school right away... but at the time, I didn't know how else to get out of my parents' house & have a little independence, so that wasn't going to happen!

My parents pushed me out the door to go away to college. Then I came home and finished up the next three years and as soon as I graduated, they booted me out. I wanted to stay and save and get a nest egg, but they wanted their independence!

 

[MsNatalie99]

It’s really sad that we equate higher learning to job prospects … higher learning should be about just that … learning. Fuck our stupid system of selling our physical labor for life necessities like food and shelter.

Well they never pushed trade schools when I was in school either. I applied for a lead stock boy position at a Target, and I found out I needed a bachelor's degree.

 

[crazychemgirl]

Love eyes for you being a badass and an awesome person, not the shitty situation.

Hear hear! And not everyone needs higher learning! I swear, some of the jobs I see that *insist* on a 4 year degree are ridiculous. Like, I can't learn how to answer a multi-line phone without a degree???

Exactly!!! … life should be about communities working together for the common goal of everyone living their best life… learning for the sake of learning.