Comments on: Having It Together Is Great, But Having It Together Is Also Lame

By: KatNotCat

KatNotCat — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:18:38 +0000

@werewolfbarmitzvah Riiiight? Hell, she could save money for a year or two, then leave her job to go abroad and teach in a country where her savings would go further. Problem solved!

By: Jenn@twitter

Jenn@twitter — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 16:06:37 +0000

I feel kind of bad for this girl, because I remember thinking similarly romantic notions about being broke and suffering for my passions (generally dreamed as a teenager, in my middle-class suburban home), but I am now so incredibly thankful that I picked the “safe” path. I somehow thought that I would be broke in my 20s but then dig myself out into comfort in my 30s, but it’s now obvious to me that my friends who had to finance their 20s exclusively on credit cards, deferred health/life maintenance, and not creating any savings will likely have a much harder time later on, while I’ll get to have the whole REST of my life that I wanted to have. (I’m not saying they won’t get it – but I’m really thankful that, despite my lack of many experiences I hoped to have, I also don’t have to dig myself out of debt ever again, most likely.)

By: City_Dater

City_Dater — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 15:40:21 +0000

@Rebecca Pederson@facebook

She has to get up for work in the morning! Hahahahahahahahahaha…

By: werewolfbarmitzvah

werewolfbarmitzvah — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:56:52 +0000

I mean, it’s just kind of a non-problem: if she truly does want to experience struggle and debt and all those things for whatever reason…can’t she just quit her job?

By: moreteawesley

moreteawesley — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 13:26:02 +0000

A well-paying, full-time job with a 401K at 22? WOE IS YOU. No one has suffered like she has suffered.

This makes me really really glad I’m closer to 30 than 20. Oy.

By: cmcm

cmcm — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 11:08:45 +0000

DON’T WORRY, SWEETIE, YOU’LL PROBABLY GET LAID OFF AND BE BROKE LIKE THE REST OF US SOON! :)

By: Rebecca Pederson@facebook

Rebecca Pederson@facebook — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:56:08 +0000

Also, I don’t understand what’s stopping her from getting blackout drunk and sleeping with people she shouldn’t like a “normal” 22-year-old.

By: Rebecca Pederson@facebook

Rebecca Pederson@facebook — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 03:52:51 +0000

I too got my rad job right out of college (sorry, #humblebrag), but fuck me! You will have to rip it out of my cold, dead hands. Who longs to be a barista living with your mom? I mean, honestly.

By: MuffyStJohn

MuffyStJohn — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:36:56 +0000

@sockhop Seriously. I am cringing so hard reading this. You couldn’t pay me enough money to be 22 again. So much self indulgence.

By: cdarcy

cdarcy — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 02:06:09 +0000

I just happen to be watching a documentary on the five-year Russian civil war right now and I realize my dull, pointless day job with benefits and retirement isn’t so bad.