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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Yeah, in my family, you worked because that's how you supported yourself and your family. No job was below respect, and my parents frequently referred to menial jobs and manual labor as "honest work." Your value as a person was innate, not a function of your job. [/quote] This is OP again - I think my parents gave lip service to that idea, but I internalized the idea that you should also have external validation as well as internal satisfaction beyond just doing an honest day's work. I don't think I really realized how much that isn't how it is for everyone until I got to know my husband's family. We married late - in our late 30s - and I spent a lot of time in a lot of places, so I can't quite fathom how I wound up in such an echo chamber until then. It's weird! [/quote]
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