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I chase a dream and I get punched in the face for it...
5 years ago
2020 has not been my year.
Basically for the past year I have been working my ass off to help my employer win an interstate contract, sometimes putting 60 hours a week of work in.
The other week we received a confirmation that we won that contract. So as you would expect, I've bought myself a little present to celebrate the hard work paying off...except a certain family member has taken exception to this, my grandma.
My grandma, for some reason was quick to tell me off about it and that I'm spending my money on useless crap. She then crossed a line which even now, 9 hours later is still hitting me hard, calling me "useless" and "someone with no hope in life" because when she was my age, she was sending kids to school, and I'm still living with them, despite househunting and working my ass off.
She thinks that because I stopped house hunting for a month while I was waiting on the results that I don't have a direction or path in life. She doesn't know the time and hard work I put in to get to where I am today, and now that I know what I'm doing, trying to make that a reality. She still calls me stupid for even dreaming of moving interstate, despite the fact that I've shown her I do have plans and I wasn't just dreaming of a fantasy goal.
She seems to think that just because I haven't spoken much about the contract stuff that I'm being a lizard and not doing anything.
I'm really starting to second guess everything because she rarely gives me any encouragement when I tell her that I have aspirations and goals.
I thought family was supposed to help you in these times. I didn't even get a congratulations when I told her we won the contract, just a good to know...
Basically for the past year I have been working my ass off to help my employer win an interstate contract, sometimes putting 60 hours a week of work in.
The other week we received a confirmation that we won that contract. So as you would expect, I've bought myself a little present to celebrate the hard work paying off...except a certain family member has taken exception to this, my grandma.
My grandma, for some reason was quick to tell me off about it and that I'm spending my money on useless crap. She then crossed a line which even now, 9 hours later is still hitting me hard, calling me "useless" and "someone with no hope in life" because when she was my age, she was sending kids to school, and I'm still living with them, despite househunting and working my ass off.
She thinks that because I stopped house hunting for a month while I was waiting on the results that I don't have a direction or path in life. She doesn't know the time and hard work I put in to get to where I am today, and now that I know what I'm doing, trying to make that a reality. She still calls me stupid for even dreaming of moving interstate, despite the fact that I've shown her I do have plans and I wasn't just dreaming of a fantasy goal.
She seems to think that just because I haven't spoken much about the contract stuff that I'm being a lizard and not doing anything.
I'm really starting to second guess everything because she rarely gives me any encouragement when I tell her that I have aspirations and goals.
I thought family was supposed to help you in these times. I didn't even get a congratulations when I told her we won the contract, just a good to know...
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~expandranon
Grandma grew up when the teenagers of Middle America picked up their high school diplomas and did a trust fall off the stage straight into a job that paid enough for a house, a car, and a college education. The world's moved on and like most of her generation, she hasn't noticed.
