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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Weird! You have to be a millennial. I don't mean that as a pejorative but rather you were told all those things. I am a GenXer and was told the best I could hope for was [b]an Associates degree from a Community College and a job as a secretary.[/b] My parents expected me to go to college but the details were up to me.

I think it is really damaging to "oversell" life. We all can't be rockstars. Most of life is really boring. My DH is well known in his field and has been on a magazine cover but he hates his job. Jobs are usually boring!! Whether you're a big shot or a worker bee. Being an adult isn't sexy and exciting most of the time. Sorry. You need to find something that makes you happy. Travel? Art? Parties? Hiking? And do it. Life is what you make it.[/quote]

I am 40.  I have an associates degree from community college that took me FIVE YEARS to get, and I am a legal secretary. I barely thought I'd be able to graduate from high school, so am relieved I got as far as I could. I have a 15 yr old whose braces I am almost finished paying off. She's smart and funny and has sweet friends. I have a tiny one bedroom apartment and enough money to buy extras like a smelly candle or to take us out to brunch.  We take a small 3 day vacation every 4 or 5 years.  I'm saving up to buy a condo hopefully by 50.

::Shrug::  Not everyone can be a rockstar. Somebody has to work FOR the rockstar, you know?  [/quote]

I didn't mean that as a put down. I meant to say that when Xers were teens no one sold us a dream of being doctors or lawyers as the only mark of success. I felt like women were not steered into a CEO career path or that it was even possible. There is nothing wrong with an AS and being a legal secretary! The problem with OP is she was told that only a doctor or lawyer was acceptable. Hell, my job didn't even exist when I was in High School. I also didn't own a house until I was 41. Nothing wrong with it. We are more then our jobs and our possessions.[/quote]

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