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re: Possible life changing decision on the horizon
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:24 pm to Austin Cajun
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:24 pm to Austin Cajun
Don't do it.
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Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:24 pm to 777Tiger
What?
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:36 pm to Austin Cajun
Pay off your ex to move to Houston too. Bitches will do anything for an extra 2k a month. You are still better off, and in 11 years you are in perfect shape.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:40 pm to Black n Gold
I Won't even consider leaving mobile because of my Lil girl. I'd wait until she's at least old enough to drive. Then I probably still wouldn't consider leaving the Gulf Coast. Which I guess is weird because 2 years later she'd be going to college and I will encourage her to go travel far off. So I guess we'll see.......
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:43 pm to Oates Mustache
Southwest has about 4-5 flights a day, each way, about a 30 minute flight
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:45 pm to 777Tiger
Oh. I had no idea what WN stood for. You still have to factor in arriving early for check in, security, etc. but you might save time that way if you set it up properly.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:50 pm to Austin Cajun
take the job, austin
Posted on 3/6/15 at 12:51 pm to Oates Mustache
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You still have to factor in arriving early for check in, security, etc. but you might save time that way if you set it up properly.
very true, for a three hour drive v. thirty minute flight I would probably drive unless I was flying out of my back yard, but it's not an eight hour one way ordeal, I know guys that will drive three hours to get laid knowing they'll have to be at work early in the am
Posted on 3/6/15 at 1:01 pm to 777Tiger
Stay with kid and Gid will bless you another way.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 3:14 pm to zeebo
I'm with the stay with your kids crowd. Money can NOT give you that time back, ever. And if the resentment of your absence sets in, hear those who say they have no relationship with their fathers. It's heart-rending, to me.
I took a Monday night class when I was working on my MLIS at LSU. One night per week, my son was a year old. That drive back from B.R. to Metairie on those nights is STILL, the most miserable, lonely and sad I've ever been in my entire life.
He moved out in August at 18, living with my MIL drives her nuts that he smokes cigars....I miss him something awful and he's, literally, five minutes away.
I can't imagine how hard it would be 3 hours away, and of my own doing and selfishness.
I took a Monday night class when I was working on my MLIS at LSU. One night per week, my son was a year old. That drive back from B.R. to Metairie on those nights is STILL, the most miserable, lonely and sad I've ever been in my entire life.
He moved out in August at 18, living with my MIL
drives her nuts that he smokes cigars....I miss him something awful and he's, literally, five minutes away. I can't imagine how hard it would be 3 hours away, and of my own doing and selfishness.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 3:15 pm to zeebo
3 hours is a huge deal IMO...
It's not about weekends, scheduled time, making little league games or any of that stuff. The times your child really needs you are unexpected, unplanned and mostly will go unnoticed and won't be truly evident until years later.
A child's happiness, lessons learned and memories will be random. Most of them will occur during average, mundane and unnoticed normal everyday events. You will never be able to plan them.
My father does not remember most of the memories I have of us. What I learned from him was learned through time and just being around him. Sure he tried to teach me stuff all the time. Most of that went in one ear and out the other. It wasn't until I was older that I truly realized that I became the man I am just by being around him and the lasting impact of just random everyday memories.
Even the best of all dream jobs will have their downsides. Being there for your child has none.
It's not about weekends, scheduled time, making little league games or any of that stuff. The times your child really needs you are unexpected, unplanned and mostly will go unnoticed and won't be truly evident until years later.
A child's happiness, lessons learned and memories will be random. Most of them will occur during average, mundane and unnoticed normal everyday events. You will never be able to plan them.
My father does not remember most of the memories I have of us. What I learned from him was learned through time and just being around him. Sure he tried to teach me stuff all the time. Most of that went in one ear and out the other. It wasn't until I was older that I truly realized that I became the man I am just by being around him and the lasting impact of just random everyday memories.
Even the best of all dream jobs will have their downsides. Being there for your child has none.
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 3:16 pm
Posted on 3/6/15 at 3:16 pm to ummagumma
Never thought of it like that. Good point.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 3:20 pm to Oates Mustache
I'm in Baton Rouge until the Lithettes finish school. Then I'm out of here. Spending time with the girls whenever I can is important. I've turned down good jobs in Mobile and Houston over the past 2 years. I wasn't looking for the jobs they were looking for me.
Posted on 3/6/15 at 3:29 pm to Austin Cajun
Get a bare bones place in Houston. Live there during the week. Keep your place in Austin and live there on your weekends. The fiance sounds like she can telecommute mostly so she can go with you during the week. Try it out. Its a job not slavery. You can always quit if its not working out.
Think long term. If you can manage this a for a few years, your son is going to get more independent and want more independence as he becomes a teen. If you can make it work you will be in a better position to get him started into college/young adulthood. Suffer through the extra rent and once a week commutes between Austin and Houston. In 10 years you will have had the time with your son, gotten and advanced in your job, been a better provider for your son, and be looking at the second half of a terrific career.
Good luck, man.
edit: Buy a bare bones place...after 10 years sell it and the the place in Austin. Upgrade like a MOFO
Think long term. If you can manage this a for a few years, your son is going to get more independent and want more independence as he becomes a teen. If you can make it work you will be in a better position to get him started into college/young adulthood. Suffer through the extra rent and once a week commutes between Austin and Houston. In 10 years you will have had the time with your son, gotten and advanced in your job, been a better provider for your son, and be looking at the second half of a terrific career.
Good luck, man.
edit: Buy a bare bones place...after 10 years sell it and the the place in Austin. Upgrade like a MOFO
This post was edited on 3/6/15 at 3:31 pm
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