Feeling pretty gutted

[MTL]

I worked and went to school at the same time. Didn't see it as a "great sacrifice." More like great opportunity. I guess times change.

So you were fortunate enough to be the right kind of person and be given the right circumstances to see this as a great opportunity. Good for you. Some people aren't so fortunate and may see it as a great sacrifice instead depending on what they're going through.

Did you know every individual responds to the same thing differently depending on their temperament? Or do you only see things from your own perspective, failing to empathize with the fact that people will think differently from you?

That is very true.

However, as I said, it is NOT the mere going to school and working at the same time, that I consider a sacrifice.

In fact, that would actually be easier for me...but if I go that way, I would have to sacrifice some OTHER things.

But it's rather personal to get into.

And, as I said in the original OP, I never really intended to subject everyone here to my sob story;

I really just needed a bit of a shoulder to cry on, that's all.

And I appreciate everyone's kind support, respect for my privacy, and abstaining from passing judgement on a situation wherein they are not privy to all the details.