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| Posted By | Discussion Topic: Is your life what you expected it would be? | ||||
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| Kid Afrika | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 5:59 PM |    | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70  | I am turning 30 this year, and I have started to think about my accomplishments in life. When I was younger I certainly didn't see myself being where I am now. I figured, I would be married and have a good job by now. Well, I've got the job part covered. But marriage seems far in the future. Just wondering, of the older board members, did your plans end up happening?
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| Sweet Little Sister | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 6:03 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Dec. 00 | It's funny...I've been thinking about the same thing, Kid.... I'm 31 and single. When I was a little girl, I had my whole life planned out.....meet a great guy, be married by 25, have a great career, and MAYBE have a child (ICKY!!). Well, the career is turning out better than expected.....The man situation has SUCKED!!!!! I dated a lot for a while, decided to live with someone who assaulted me and tried to throw me down a flight of stairs, and have been reluctant to get involved with ANYONE since. And as far as the children, I have an adorable son--my dog!! And I'm about to purchase my first home!!!! :) I guess you could say it's been bittersweet.... Look what you did to me.......DO IT AGAIN! "I promise to make you proud, Daddy!" Adopted by Tequila This message was edited by Sweet Little Sister on 4-15-01 @ 6:10 PM | ||||
| MinDrain | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 6:06 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | Kid...Im 41 now and got married at 25...I wish I could have waited...I work hard now but just can`t seem to get ahead...I enjoy anytime I get away from the Mrs. so I can do what I want to..Relax and enjoy life...don`t be in a hurry to get married | ||||
USA Autoban Head Slap... Swim Move... | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 6:08 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Oct. 00 | NO! And thanks for highlighting my failures asshole! Chef Corpse Boyardee is bringing the food, don't worry! < | ||||
| FeelMyFunBags | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 6:16 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Even though I am not technically an older member of the board (I am 21), my life is not at all like I thought it would be. I am 21 and while all my friends are graduating from college in June, I still have another two years to go. I got myself into a bad relationship in high school that lasted through my first year at college, that wrecked me emotionally and mentally (I won't get into details)and as a result half the time I don't even know what I want. I still live at home, and my college fund is empty...I am declaring bankrupcy and I don't know if I will find the money to finish college. I always thought that at my age, I would be away at school having the time of my life and just finally coming into my own...but its so different than I thought it would be...its been a struggle... So now as all my friends go off into the world to start their careers I am at home living with my parents, struggling to make ends meet etc. I am sure it could be worse...but it does really suck. How I'm craving you, yeah! Every time I'm near you I always want to swallow you down I'll be right here if ya' need me In my life, I'll need you here, don't ask why I'll never disappear | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 6:21 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | um, no it isnt from JFK to al gore. now if thats evolution, in 12 years we are going to be voting for a plant to be president!!!-Lewis Black | ||||
| jewdown | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 6:42 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | No, but at least I'm not dead yet. Actually, I never really thought about where I would be at such and such an age. I'm not a goal oriented type of person. As long as I've got a good job that pays the bills and I can take time for myself, I'm happy. I guess I'm just going through life wingin it. | ||||
Nay. We are but men. ROCK. The man with the plan. | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:07 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Like FMFB, I'm 21, but life isn't at all what I thought it would be as I was finishing high school. I figured I'd be finishing college around now, then heading out to the real world... Since then, I bombed my first semester of Rutgers to the point where I withdrew from ALL classes, moved to Oregon with someone I met online, hit a stroke of luck by getting a job there at Symantec, got my own place, then decided, 6 months after moving to Oregon, that I'd move back home. Got a few crappy consulting jobs before landing one full time for seven months, then getting an almost-$40K permanent job, being pulled away from that job to consult full-time for $35 an hour, then getting hired on to that company at almost $60K.... at 21 years old. How could you see that coming?  Me droogies: Two positions currently available. | ||||
| bluetarp | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:25 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Not by a long shot. I'm 35, and my life has had a lot of big shifts in direction. Career going well but I'm not doing what I thought I would. Never married, and my only child is my cat. Few regrets, and lots of future left I hope. Anyways... Some people think I'm a psycho, everybody else knows it! | ||||
| Drunk Boy | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:26 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Nope Who Wants a BEER? | ||||
| The Painter 1/2 a bottle of Jack Daniels... it's a cure-all | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:27 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Sep. 00 | Considering I thought I would be dead by now, No! I guess a tangent to this could be; Did you choose your life, or did it just kind of happen, did it choose you? This message was edited by The Painter on 4-15-01 @ 7:34 PM | ||||
| Bumpkinhead | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:29 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | I'll just say I am a professional baseball player. but I'd rather be an actor. So I drink alot of beer. Thanks for the downer kid. I should stop posting before I get in trouble. | ||||
| Kid Afrika | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:30 PM | | |||
| Hanger-On Registered: Jan. 70 | I didn't think this thread would end up depressing everyone. But, after seeing FTL's reply, I feel like a total loser. Oh well, we can't all be lucky. And bumpkin, somebody has to run the deep fryer. LOL
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| av8er OA.com's taint with wings. | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:31 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | I'm in the same position as you Kid. But then again I'm happy to be single...many of my friends are attatched and I don't want their lives. But why? I did it right the first time! - Orson Welles | ||||
| Mr. Brownstone | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:35 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Dec. 00 | Nope. I'm 26 and career-wise I'm prepaing for something I never ever considered getting into and am enjoying it very much (nursing). In the female companionship department, well, I'm not doindg as well as I'd hope to by this point and that's a bummer, by I'm hoping it'll get better sooner or later. We'll roll on with our heads held high Our conscience in the gutter Our dreams up in the sky ---The Living End | ||||
| ~Tazz~ | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:40 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Feb. 01 | my life sucks.iam single,i just got out the army(by the way iam 20),i work at Birmingham water works,and i drive a 1993 Ford Tempo,and i live in a small apartment.My life really,really sucks.  Tha Prince | ||||
...And now the battle between us and them has begun. JYD-4-LIFE. | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:44 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: May. 00 | ive been reading this thread and ive thought about what you all are saying and ive decided a couple of things. right now i dont have a career but ive been thinking alot about it recently and I don't want to sell anything, buy anything, or process anything as a career. I don't want to sell anything bought or processed, or buy anything sold or processed, or process anything sold, bought, or processed, or repair anything sold, bought, or processed. You know, as a career, I don't want to do that. but i realize that im not going to figure it all out tonight. so for now what im going to do is just chill on this message board :) thanx for listening You Must Chill, You Must Chill This message was edited by Faceman on 4-15-01 @ 7:49 PM | ||||
| ClusterF | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 7:48 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | I'm turning 25 next month, and truthfully, I'm not anywhere near where I expected. I'm not saying I'm better or worse off than I dreamed.... just different. Life takes funny twists and turns and you never really know where you are going to end up sometimes. Maybe we should all start consulting Black Earl From the Future... then again a Magic 8 Ball might be more accurate.
Adopted Dilloners in training: katya_ann AND Evil Opie - AIM CHRIS052076 | ||||
| av8er OA.com's taint with wings. | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 8:49 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | that was a great movie Faceman... "Gee I'm sorry your mom blew up Rikki"  But why? I did it right the first time! - Orson Welles | ||||
| Tequila Fez claims this land in the name of Portugal! Why worry about the train if it never makes it around the tracks?? IrishAlkey wuz here!!! | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 9:02 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Veteran Registered: Jan. 01 | Well if you call sitting in front of your computer 18 hours a what you expected then i guess that it was what I asked for. | ||||
| zootybang | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 9:11 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Oct. 00 | I'd say no.I'm 27,i spent 5 years in the navy,as a builder,so thats all i know how to do.It really kinda sucks to be in construction.I make really good money,but i can't help but feel that i'm way too smart to be finishing concrete,and some days it really depresses me.Mainly because it's no ones fault but my own.I was too busy partying and trying to get laid when i should have been studying and preparing for my future.Now i feel trapped in a dead end career,and even though i plan on eventually going to school for something else,the time it will take to finish(because i cant afford to not work)is really discouraging.Plus,i wasted close to 10 years with a girl who would be better suited as a torture device in a third world country.10 minutes with her,and any p.o.w.'s would give up what they knew just to make her go away. Thanks kId.I feel better for getting that off my chest[downs full bottle of sleeping pills/] Goodnight everybody! VEOWEB AND GEOCITIES HATE ME God loves you.it's everyone else that thinks you're an asshole. Posting regularly,yet still a lowly lurker. HERE I SIT,BROKEN HEARTED, TRYING TO PROVE I'M NOT RETARDED. This message was edited by zootybang on 4-15-01 @ 9:22 PM | ||||
| jewdown | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 9:32 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Jan. 01 | Tequilaquote: What? Are you saying you asked to sit in front of a computer for 18 hours? And I thought I had low expectations. | ||||
| slackjaw The Cunt-Twat is my WORLD! The Great Pumpkin | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 10:13 PM | | |||
| O&A Board Regular Registered: Oct. 00 | Funny thing about life..... while you can plan and prepare, even steer certain aspects of your life, you can never really expect anything out of it. When you think about it though, that's what truly makes life so enjoyable. Look at it this way, if you sit down to watch a movie, and you predict everything that is going to happen, you will normally be utterly disappointed. However, when a movie throws you curve balls, has you looking one way and blind sides you from the other direction, you rave. To answer the question, no, my life has not taken the turns I might have thought or hoped for, but I am not disappointed. Life is after all, what you make of it.  Say hello to my little friend(s)! Proud to have graduated punkrocker....but I'm still watching! Once again I am newbieless. | ||||
| GimmeShelter | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 10:52 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | no, I should have died 10 years ago, somehow I am still here, (mid 30's), divorced , no kids, good job, 70K +, want to get the fuck out of Jersey, but too lazy.....  | ||||
| Is Don on the phone? | posted on 04-15-2001 @ 11:06 PM | | |||
| Psychopath Registered: Jan. 01 | My life, in generalities, is exactly what I thought it would be. I knew what I wanted to do career wise when I was 16, and that's exactly what I am doing. I love my job, just as I thought I would. I am married, as I thought I'd be by now, and things seem peachy on first glance. However, when I examine the details, the picky little things that make up daily life, I am suprised at how many bad choices I made in the past. I am shocked that I'm where I am now, and I have to admit,some things in my life are not going the way I thought they would. Hell, some things are not going well now that were fine three months ago. I guess I should be glad that overall, I'm doing ok. That does not make the bad things easier to deal with, though I'm suprised at how many of you think you should have died already. Morbid bunch of fuckers, aren't you?  AIM:isdononthephone | ||||
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