One of the people in my social circle is married, and owns a house and I don't think he's even twenty yet.

i know that feel, my brother did some lectures/presentation type things in Oxford where he's doing he's phD and I'm sitting here glad that I passed my repeats

My dad worked in a call center for Chase answering calls on accounts of deceased card holders (kind of ironic), his beat friends practically brothers (I called them uncles), one was a industrial engineer that traveled the world and made six digits and the other was a college professor who teaches a electronics class I think. They never once expressed anything negative about each others career choices, friends will support your decisions and never gloat about theirs or demean you.

I work for Disney, barely making above minimum wage, my oldest brother works at a warehouse for some shipping company in Cincinnati making about five bucks more, and my second oldest works for a video equipment rental company in Jersey making triple both me and the oldest make, none of us have finished college. But we're at least happy and have goals on where we want to go.

Now my mom's family....if you don't graduate with a masters and get a job making AT LEAST 60k a year they get pissed. Me and one of my cousins are a huge disappointment in their eyes because we aren't in college.

One of the things that sucks about being an adult is watching your former peers lead much more successful lives than you.

Don't worry about it bro. One thing you have to learn is that someone will always be more successful than you.

Shit, one of my friends is an engineer and another is a doctor. And two of my other close friends are still in school, living with their parents.

People are always at different stages of their lives in the mid-20's. Your job and your accomplishments don't make you a success, its how you act towards others.

I don't know why, but that aspect of life has never bothered me. Always seemed like a given.

I don't get jealous of people who are more successful than me. Instead, I see them as a source of inspiration and admiration.

Quote from: clum clum on September 07, 2016, 03:06:40 PM

I don't get jealous of people who are more successful than me. Instead, I see them as a source of inspiration and admiration.

Even if they essentially had everything given to them when you had to start with nothing? That's not very inspirational. Some people get the easy ride when for others it's a constant uphill battle. While I've come to terms with that, it still gets me in a mood sometimes.

That's pretty much all there is to it.

People born with a silver spoon in their mouths may not have to put in much effort in life, but someone in that bloodline had to fight tooth and nail at some point in time to achieve the success that they enjoy.

One of my best friends is married and I'm apparently a well regarded family friend.

Never thought I'd be in this position.

My dad worked in a call center for Chase answering calls on accounts of deceased card holders (kind of ironic), his beat friends practically brothers (I called them uncles), one was a industrial engineer that traveled the world and made six digits and the other was a college professor who teaches a electronics class I think. They never once expressed anything negative about each others career choices, friends will support your decisions and never gloat about theirs or demean you.

I work for Disney, barely making above minimum wage, my oldest brother works at a warehouse for some shipping company in Cincinnati making about five bucks more, and my second oldest works for a video equipment rental company in Jersey making triple both me and the oldest make, none of us have finished college. But we're at least happy and have goals on where we want to go.

Now my mom's family....if you don't graduate with a masters and get a job making AT LEAST 60k a year they get pissed. Me and one of my cousins are a huge disappointment in their eyes because we aren't in college.

You're also a disappointment to me. Drop and give me twenty.