RE: Making sacrifices...
September 19, 2010 at 6:20 pm
(This post was last modified: September 19, 2010 at 6:32 pm by Oldandeasilyconfused.)
Sacrifices?
Will this do: Age 18 moved to a strange city to work.
Lived in a boarding house. Hitchhiked on weekends because I couldn't afford bus fare. Needing to buy a new shirt was a financial disaster,
Funny thing, I was having far too good a time to realise I was poor: I liked my job, the boarding house was great, and I had a girlfriend.
It took years for me to internalise what is a simple fact of life for me now: A high standard of living has little to do with quality of life.
I have no doubt you pain is real,and I'm truly sorry for your suffering..
@Entropist
I'm so sorry to learn about the end of your marriage, from "the other side".Being a selfish git, it's not something I'd even thought about.
I was married 12 years. I came home from work on Friday April 12 1991 and she had left. She'd hired a moving van and divided our possessions
After I stopped standing in the middle of the empty lounge howling like dog, I went into shock. I was never unfaithful,and was never cruel to her.There was a 12 year age difference. She grew up. I didn't..Now 51,she has also remained single.
Will this do: Age 18 moved to a strange city to work.
Lived in a boarding house. Hitchhiked on weekends because I couldn't afford bus fare. Needing to buy a new shirt was a financial disaster,
Funny thing, I was having far too good a time to realise I was poor: I liked my job, the boarding house was great, and I had a girlfriend.
It took years for me to internalise what is a simple fact of life for me now: A high standard of living has little to do with quality of life.
I have no doubt you pain is real,and I'm truly sorry for your suffering..
@Entropist
I'm so sorry to learn about the end of your marriage, from "the other side".Being a selfish git, it's not something I'd even thought about.
I was married 12 years. I came home from work on Friday April 12 1991 and she had left. She'd hired a moving van and divided our possessions
After I stopped standing in the middle of the empty lounge howling like dog, I went into shock. I was never unfaithful,and was never cruel to her.There was a 12 year age difference. She grew up. I didn't..Now 51,she has also remained single.
