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The adult male will mature only when he's exhausted all other options.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:55 am
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:55 am
T or F?
I heard this on NPR this weekend, but I had just turned the station and didn't get what it's in reference to. My dad and I got s kick out of it. He paid for the grand majority of my 8 years at LSU, so I just basically laughed and left it at that.
As a father of a son I wonder what I can do to speed up this process when the time comes. I probably won't be able to afford him 8 years of college to figure it all out.
I heard this on NPR this weekend, but I had just turned the station and didn't get what it's in reference to. My dad and I got s kick out of it. He paid for the grand majority of my 8 years at LSU, so I just basically laughed and left it at that.
As a father of a son I wonder what I can do to speed up this process when the time comes. I probably won't be able to afford him 8 years of college to figure it all out.
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Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:55 am to Gaston
Don't raise a slacker like your father did
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:56 am to Gaston
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This post was edited on 4/15/23 at 3:13 am
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:56 am to Gaston
quote:
8 years at LSU
wtf?
that would be depressing
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:58 am to Gaston
Why were you listening to Never Patriotic Radio?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 10:59 am to Gaston
It's kinda true much of the time.
In the old days, people were going to work out of high school, getting married, and having kids before they turned 20. Why? Because they had to.
The economy has made such a lifestyle unnattractive, and the federal government has made the "slacker" lifestyle easy and comfortable. Why mature when you don't have to?
In the old days, people were going to work out of high school, getting married, and having kids before they turned 20. Why? Because they had to.
The economy has made such a lifestyle unnattractive, and the federal government has made the "slacker" lifestyle easy and comfortable. Why mature when you don't have to?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:01 am to msutiger
I graduated twice, but I studied a different field in grad school. I was grown up when it was over though, moved out west and started work before the ceremony even happened.
This post was edited on 12/29/14 at 11:03 am
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:03 am to Gaston
F.
Social norms and expectations have something to do with it.
Social norms and expectations have something to do with it.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:04 am to Gaston
Pretty sure you and 911moto are twins
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:05 am to TheOcean
I'll never get to retire though.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:17 am to Gaston
So, you consider graduating and getting a job maturing?
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:18 am to Gaston
the exception to this rule is if the male A.is not lazy and B.he finds what he believes is the "best option he will ever have"
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:29 am to TheOcean
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Pretty sure you and 911moto are twins
You're comparing me to someone who took 8 years to graduate? I had my career planned out by 6th grade. Went to UNO on a top 10 scholarship (full tuition plus they paid for my car stereo and rims), got into dental school after 3 years of college (no summers - just 6 regular semesters, and still got my degree), and was the youngest in my class at dental school. I'm the definition of maturity.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:29 am to Grassy1
No, I matured at some point in there...on the cusp between wandering around and putting in 2+ all nighters a week studying enough to graduate in physics. It wasn't as easy as I thought it would be for me and there were many 'come to Jesus' moments that pushed me toward maturity. Slowly, painfully...I also made a few friends who got me into climbing...that had a parallel effect to instill the 'giving up, failing, is not an option' part of maturity.
I moved to San Fran with my gf, wife of 12 years now, and left every security blanket and person that we knew. That wasn't the moment of maturity but a product of it.
I moved to San Fran with my gf, wife of 12 years now, and left every security blanket and person that we knew. That wasn't the moment of maturity but a product of it.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:33 am to 911Moto
I think he's comparing our awkward message board personalities.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:35 am to Gaston
Considering the normal male known to the NPR employees....not surprised...
I don't want to go back to a draft, but you want to see some people grow up quick...run their rear ends through two years in the miliary...
I don't want to go back to a draft, but you want to see some people grow up quick...run their rear ends through two years in the miliary...
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:42 am to Gaston
quote:You could do what my dad did and go into a coma and force the son to take care of everything. Worked wonders for me.
As a father of a son I wonder what I can do to speed up this process when the time comes. I probably won't be able to afford him 8 years of college to figure it all out.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:46 am to Gaston
quote:You could do what Scruffy's dad does.
As a father of a son I wonder what I can do to speed up this process when the time comes. I probably won't be able to afford him 8 years of college to figure it all out.
You get 4 years of college. If you can't graduate by then, you pay for it yourself.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 11:49 am to Gaston
quote:
I think he's comparing our awkward message board personalities.
I know - I was just utilizing the opportunity to insert my obligatory brag.
Posted on 12/29/14 at 12:17 pm to 911Moto
College didn't write a check out to your car stereo dealer now did they.
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