Heavens above mate obviously I’m not seriously suggesting that poor people shouldn’t be able to have kids I’m just making the point that money is an issue if you want to have kids and therefore will eventually be a problem for me if things carry on this way.
I get the point that money isn’t a big deal when you’re in your 20s but I’m just trying to make the point that surely it isn’t going to be that way forever.
Put it this way, if I was garunteed to, say, earn 20k till I was 32 and then say, 50k from then onwards, I’d be utterly content. That would be a case of problem solved.
Come on man come off it. If I believed a lifestyle was ‘rightfully mine’ I wouldn’t be shitting it that I’m going to turn out to be a complete and utter failure which feels like a very real possibility right now. I’m obviously going to fight tooth and nail to prevent that and I don’t think that being a successful guy is beyond me at all - but it’s the very fact I’m not taking anything for granted thats causing me to be anxious.
Come on, imagine I had made a point about people on benefits having Sky TV and smoking.
Sure, what I’m mainly concerned about is that won’t manage to get the raises/promotions etc. to get there and will still be earning in the 18k-21k range when I’m that age.
I can’t rule that out at the moment. So many of the jobs I’ve done have been utterly dead-end borderline scams despite the ‘degree required’ label.
I just don’t get how I’m entitled here. I’ve said I consider 30k a fucking good salary. I came out of uni and worked in a call centre and on a building site. I’ve repeatedly said I’m only really concerned about being able to afford the essentials for a family. I don’t get the issue.
So much of what you band of well-meaning old geezers are saying is predicated on the idea that whilst it’s going to be fairly shit for the moment I’ll one day wake up as a 35-year old and by that time I’m just *bound* to be doing better. I’ll certainly try! but I can’t garuntee it.
Not quite, what we are saying is that to get to where you want to be takes time, graft and a bit of luck. It does not happen overnight and it does not ahppen for all. So its much wiser to look for happiness away from just this one goal/desire beacsue what if its does not happen? Like it does not happen for millions in this country?
Just dont believe its the only way you will /can be happy -life is full of shit, buts its also full of surprises and you can find happiness in the least expected places, if you just keep your mind open.
Please do. You will thank me as a visonary when you do find it. I would also bet my house on the fact that the next time you are laughing out loud happy, it wont be because of any job or money…
Mr T - have to agree with Chutters. In my time I’ve been as poor as a church mouse, but had some of the best times of my life.
Money does have its compensations and can buy loads of stuff, though family and good friends win every time. For me family and friends are what makes me a person and who I am in the world.
Gutted for you. Gave it your best shot, so its their loss. Move on quickly and get your applications in elsewhere and you will get some joy soon, no worries
Meeting my (now) ex in London later. She’s got a job interview herself so we’ll chill and chew the fat after she’s done. I was really hoping we could probably get back together but we just can’t afford to go backwards and forwards from York to London regularly enough to maintain things being under/unemployed. Sucks.
I nearly didn’t go to college or Uni. At seventeen, applied for one of those electrical engineering positions at Ford. Aced all the tests, and would have gone up to live in Dagenham. Ended up failing on the medical, on account of having really shit sight in the left eye.
I was gutted at the time. It was literally all I was aiming for. However, I dragged my arse down to the tech college and enrolled on a Computer Studies course regardless. Years later, Dagenham is massively downsized, Swaythling’s gone. Sure, I’d probably have been rocking transferable electronic engineering skills, but I’ve ended up in a market of high demand in a field diluted by chancers and blaggers.
Juvenile Unit #1 is considering going the management consultant route. I really hope she doesn’t. These companies are responsible for much of the ruinous legislation that allows multinationals to divert their takings elsewhere. They’re like harbingers of doom when descending on a company, there to identify people as inefficiencies, while trousering tremendous sums for themselves for their consultancy services.
Chin up Mr T - if you really want to go for the accountancy gig, consider the second tier firms or even the regionals. There will be something out there for you, just don’t narrow your options too much. As we say in recruitment, there is a seat for every arse,
Not quite, what we are saying is that to get to where you want to be takes time, graft and a bit of luck. It does not happen overnight and it does not ahppen for all. So its much wiser to look for happiness away from just this one goal/desire beacsue what if its does not happen? Like it does not happen for millions in this country?
