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I get asked those questions too, but I just respond that I have multiple girlfriends. No kids. Just a bunch of #### #### who want to #### my ####. And they always, always ask how many. How many girlfriends. And society is tough sometimes, but I just hold up my hand with however many fingers and say "this many" and they love it, they don't frown upon me at all.
I went to high school in Michigan, college in Virginia, now I live in Florida. I didn't move a lot early on, but I never really felt comfortable with my schoolmates. Not totally sure why, but I left Michigan for college. Afterwards, I wanted to move to Florida, again, not sure why. My only regrets about leaving Michigan are that I miss fall and early winter(I do love a white Christmas), and that it's impossible to watch the Lions.
You're not missing much.
I lived near Detroit as well, and the snow was nice when it first fell, and even then, I only liked it around Christmas. I remember several years where we got 6 inches of snow on the first day of spring. As far as I'm concerned, it could have warmed right back up on January 2nd and I'd be fine with it. The worst part was the 6 months of cloudiness. Gray days and purple nights, holy crap I'm glad I live in the Sunshine State now.
That area is great. As long as you can afford a vacation home for January thru March.Kal El said:
The worst part is if it's just cold, but no snow, everything is brown and dead looking. Sure, we get the occasional hurricane here, but nobody ever froze to death after one. Also, when it's hot, we can always cool off. That cold feeling takes forever to go away when trying to get warm, and you can only put so many layers of clothing on.
I lived in Ann Arbor a couple years. Loved my job, but the climate was unbearable. Snow without mountains is the worst, and months of grayness suck, too.Kal El said:
My income has doubled since I had my first child 5 years ago and it didn't suck before then. Some of that is time and increased skills.. most is trust I get from people who know I'm a "family man"
Maybe I would.
makes sense as a dentist....as a corporate consultant nobody really cares and it almost fits the profile to a degree. Most of the awkwardness for me comes during social occasions.
Nothing you can do about it pretty much sums it up. I'll also be 42 next month. Maybe 2-3 times a year I see the old group of friends and the glory days always come up. What's worse for me is I pretty much have zero time to do anything. I work a 12 hour night shift(6pm-6am). I only work half the days in a month, but the other days I have my kids and there's always some sport/girl scouts etc... I'm always taking them too. So I might have them, but they're busy too or playing with friends. They're 12 and 9.
I'm in a similar situation - no kids, work part time and travel quite a bit. Not really nostalgic by nature, but I think its important to keep looking forward regardless. And hanging out with younger, single people helps.
Not unrealistic at all. Tuesday night I was out walking with the wife when a neighbor buddy stopped out and asked if I wanted to go to the bar for a few after the kids went to bed.
if happy hour every week or two with buddies is unrealistic, I would say you must have some very small goals in life
Nothing unrealistic about it.
So true about the wife having her "girl time". I'm very thankful that my wife has hers.
