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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #75 on: December 08, 2007, 01:12:57 am »
Oh, your dad's just being a worrisome douche, then.

Frankly, my folks... well, my mom, just my mom, my dad's happy as long as I'm happy... have more of a point.

I AM just head above water financially.

I'M WRITING A NOVEL, fer God's friggin'. She has a lot more rational reasons to worry about me than your pop does for you, L-Money.

I have many lottery tickets, however, this is basically my arguement against her, now.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #76 on: December 08, 2007, 01:14:34 am »
Quote from: linnea on December 08, 2007, 12:19:18 am

4. You should settle down and get married.

Is this supposed to be a piece of rational advice?  Like this is something you can just decide to do? Like ordering a husband from a catalog?

I have never understood parents who think they can tell their grown children what to do with their lives or why any of those children do anything but nod politely, thank them for their concern, and change the subject. But in any case, anyone who tells you you should just settle down and get married... obviously nothing else they say can be taken seriously, no matter how they're related to you.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #77 on: December 08, 2007, 01:27:52 am »
Bizarrely, I actually had the reverse conversation with my father about two weeks ago: "(V), you're 24 now. I was 24 when I moved up to Alaska, and your mother was 25... maybe you ought to do something like that. Just go on an adventure."

Today, we talked about the fact that I'm thinking of applying for a job in LA, and he's ambivalent about it, but he still thinks I ought to do something adventurous. I'm less certain.

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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #78 on: December 08, 2007, 03:01:10 am »
Some say that religion is the last refuge of scondrels.

Others say that patriotism is the last refuge of scondrels.

But I proffer up that Los Angeles is the actual last refuge of scondrels.

...joooooooiiiiiiin us.... jooooooooin us....
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #79 on: December 08, 2007, 05:42:25 am »
Quote from: wombat on December 08, 2007, 01:14:34 am
Is this supposed to be a piece of rational advice?  Like this is something you can just decide to do? Like ordering a husband from a catalog?

I have never understood parents who think they can tell their grown children what to do with their lives or why any of those children do anything but nod politely, thank them for their concern, and change the subject. But in any case, anyone who tells you you should just settle down and get married... obviously nothing else they say can be taken seriously, no matter how they're related to you.

Basically, the douche was telling me to forget project management and an MBA, and just go for the MRS degree instead. WTF, asshole? It's the 21st century, for Christ's sake!
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #80 on: December 08, 2007, 04:10:26 pm »
And I second that our dad is very misogynistic.  I think he truly believes that women are inferior to men.  It seems entirely possible that he's jealous of Somebody nice's drive & ambition (I think he has the same drive, but he has been choosing "the safe choice" for a long time now). 

Basically, he thinks women ought to just get married and do all the housework for the Man of the House.  Everything is subserviant to the man.  He does not think they deserve to earn as much as men for the same work.  I'm sure he thinks that women working are the beginning of the Downfall of Society.

Sometimes I want to punch him in the face.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #81 on: December 08, 2007, 05:58:22 pm »
What truly doesn't make sense to me is - why would you want your daughter's life to be totally dependent on the good will of some strange man?  It's much better and safer if she can provide for herself.

Also: V - go to LA!
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #82 on: December 08, 2007, 08:27:52 pm »
Wants some damn grandkids, I say.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #83 on: December 08, 2007, 08:28:33 pm »
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I'm sure he thinks that women working are the beginning of the Downfall of Society.

I mean, true. We were doin' just fine without y'all.

you know... back when there weren't women.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #84 on: December 09, 2007, 05:46:19 am »
I second the motion of V going to LA.

I mean, since we are making all of your big decisions for you now.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #85 on: December 09, 2007, 05:56:51 am »
Well, hell, why not? It's not like the board can do a worse job to date than I have.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #86 on: December 10, 2007, 02:00:06 am »
The SoCal pod will arrive in your mailbox shortly.   Soon you will be doing yoga and driving to places you used to walk to.  Then you will have to move out here.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #87 on: December 10, 2007, 02:09:51 am »
No no no, those are no longer valid Los Angeles cliches.

Do so much cocaine that you no longer know how to drive in even a drizzle THEN you're ready.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #88 on: December 10, 2007, 02:14:36 am »
That's good, because I've recently started doing yoga and I have no desire to move to Southern California.  Not that there's anything wrong with Southern Cal.  I just like it here.
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Re: Emigrating
« Reply #89 on: December 10, 2007, 02:28:50 am »
Quote from: AugustWest on December 10, 2007, 02:14:36 am
Not that there's anything wrong with Southern Cal.  I just like it here.

I'm glad you said that.  Our So Cal contingent is a touchy bunch.
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