Anonymous wrote:I have a bright nephew who skipped a grade in elementary school and is now a 20-year-old senior at a top university. We spoke over the phone the other night and he confided in me that he’s been feeling very lonely these past few months, because all his friends are 21 and have going to bars without him every weekend.
I told him I was sorry to hear that, which I truly am, but I also feel I can relate. I was the only one of my friends from high school, as well as among my siblings, not to get accepted into an elite college. I can understand exactly the feelings of jealousy and loneliness my nephew is experiencing. When I pointed this out to him, he told me I can’t possibly know how he feels, and immediately hung up on me.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I hate when I am sharing something that bothers me and someone tries to relate with their own story. It dismisses my vulnerability.
Really? When I had a disease and told other people, and they told me they also have/had that disease, it made me feel less alone. It seems narcissistic to think your experience is so unique and special and everyone else should just shut up and listen to you.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get him a fake ID already.
Ha! This would have been my advice.
You people realize it’s impossible to get fake ids in this century, right? That advice would have been equally stupid and tone deaf. Talk about aging yourself by giving old-timely, stupid, and irrelevant advice.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get him a fake ID already.
Ha! This would have been my advice.
You people realize it’s impossible to get fake ids in this century, right? That advice would have been equally stupid and tone deaf. Talk about aging yourself by giving old-timely, stupid, and irrelevant advice.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:He’s on the spectrum right?
What makes you say that?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I have a bright nephew who skipped a grade in elementary school and is now a 20-year-old senior at a top university. We spoke over the phone the other night and he confided in me that he’s been feeling very lonely these past few months, because all his friends are 21 and have going to bars without him every weekend.
I told him I was sorry to hear that, which I truly am, but I also feel I can relate. I was the only one of my friends from high school, as well as among my siblings, not to get accepted into an elite college. I can understand exactly the feelings of jealousy and loneliness my nephew is experiencing. When I pointed this out to him, he told me I can’t possibly know how he feels, and immediately hung up on me.
What’s your definition of an elite college? My son didn’t go to an elite college but he’s 31 yo and already worth tens of millions as an entrepreneur and most likely makes more than most graduates of elite colleges. No one cares where you go to school.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Get him a fake ID already.
Ha! This would have been my advice.
Anonymous wrote:I hate when I am sharing something that bothers me and someone tries to relate with their own story. It dismisses my vulnerability.