Hi -
You guys are a riot on here
Do you hold some sort of annual ER Forums board convention where I can stop by for some BBQ and beer as we trade stories?
brewer12345 - Transience...good point. Besides FIRE, there is another light at the end of the tunnel, and that is my next step in life, whatever that may be. The few good friends that I have from work I will keep in contact with. I guess it's similar to high school and college. I had many friends from both, but when submitting my high school reunion info. prior to graduation, my Dean of Students refused to accept it. She told me, "Pavo, you don't want to know what happens to people after high school." Naive and baffled, I asked why, to which she replied "you will keep contact with the people who mean something to you, and the rest..."
I'm still young so I have a lot more to learn than someone who is older than me.
I think it is much simpler with smaller shops. I used to travel quite a bit to Nebraska and Michigan to visit certain shops. Besides a couple of shops in suburban Detroit, they were very low key, and the people were very easy to work with. They didn't care what kind of suit I was wearing as long as I looked professional. I think with the larger shops it matters - people size you up, and sadly, how successful or important you are is determined by how well you dress, carry yourself, etc. How well you mingle with the higher ups can determine placement and promotions, etc. I think this happens everywhere, but when the stakes are a little higher, it just stinks to play this game.
tangomonster - Thanks for the kind words, and congrats to you and DH (I don't know what 'DH' stands for...designated husband?) I think it's too late to call me an eccentric, but I will stick with my guns. As brewer mentioned, transience...
haha - May you find the love of your life in your young age of 65, and I hope you guys live happily ever after, be she a skinny asian or big and rounded. Perhaps you'll find both in the same person...
P.S. I highly doubt that this forum has any high maintenance women. I'm not taking about emotions, or wanting to spend time together, or anything along those lines. I'm referring to women who are beyond girly girls: 1-2 hours for make-up before going out (and not just out on the town - sometimes just to the grocery store), designer labels or bust, nice ride, nice this, nice that, etc. They are the antithesis of down to earth.