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#21
10-10-2006, 01:37 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
Listen to your parents.
Finish school. Get a job. Move out. Do what you want to. Currently, If you don't have the resources (by your current education/job INCLUDING POKER INCOME) to move out and live on your own and take care of your own bills..... A) Lie to your parents. B) Listen to your parents. C) Don't answer, this is a trick question. 
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#22
10-10-2006, 03:56 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
OP,
just to echo, i can't believe you would consider turning pro as a $25 NL player. even worse that you are thinking about it doing it at this time. get an education/job, get a lot better at poker, see what the legislation ends up meaning over the next couple years. then you can consider it.
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#23
10-10-2006, 05:55 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Get an education. Seriously. [/ QUOTE ] . [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] LOL... My Bachelor of Science in Physics (with Honors from a solid university!) is a hell of alot more educated than 99% people on the forum. the fact that i haven't gotten a job in physics sector (does that even exist?) is the real problem.
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#24
10-11-2006, 12:50 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
If I told my parents I was dropping out of the workforce and going to play cards full time, they'd be happy for me as long as they knew I was making a solid, rational decision.
My parents main concern for us growing up was that we turned out well and were happy. If I found something that I enjoyed that made a decent living for me, they'd be thrilled. As far as the 'get and eductaion and job' crowd is concerned, that's all fine and good, but what if you hate what you're doing? I know a lot of educated people who just hate what they're doing and whom they are doing it for. I'd rather be happy making $20 an hour playing cards than miserable making 60k a year sitting in a cube. That's just my two cents.
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#25
10-11-2006, 01:12 PM
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LOL... My Bachelor of Science in Physics (with Honors from a solid university!) is a hell of alot more educated than 99% people on the forum. [/ QUOTE ] HAHAHAHAhahahahahhahahaha.
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#26
10-11-2006, 04:56 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] Get an education. Seriously. [/ QUOTE ] . [/ QUOTE ] [/ QUOTE ] LOL... My Bachelor of Science in Physics (with Honors from a solid university!) is a hell of alot more educated than 99% people on the forum. the fact that i haven't gotten a job in physics sector (does that even exist?) is the real problem. [/ QUOTE ] take the big stick outta your ass
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#27
10-11-2006, 05:15 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
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1-Play poker. 2-..but don't say you're "going pro", 3-say your taking a year off to "find yourself" 4-if you find yourself brokeass and unhappy, go to school 5-if you find yourself stacking, repeat #3 ..and now a word from our sponsor: And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile And you may find yourself in a beautiful house, with a beautiful Wife And you may ask yourself-well...how did I get here? [/ QUOTE ] Talking heads rule, I don't post much, but, that was great!
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#28
10-11-2006, 05:16 PM
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I'd rather be happy making $20 an hour playing cards than miserable making 60k a year sitting in a cube. [/ QUOTE ] I agree wholeheartedly. Even $10 an hour playing cards and happy is better than a miserable 60K in a cube.
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#29
10-11-2006, 05:33 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
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LOL... My Bachelor of Science in Physics (with Honors from a solid university!) is a hell of alot more educated than 99% people on the forum. the fact that i haven't gotten a job in physics sector (does that even exist?) is the real problem. [/ QUOTE ] I have a Ph.D. in physics, and no, there's no such thing as the "physics sector". [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img] Many of the research jobs that would be appropriate require a Ph.D. (and all academic jobs do, of course). There's still a lot of jobs you could get with your background, but they'll probably essentially be pseudo-engineering jobs. goodgrief's points seem valid on the parent front, but of course it could be impractical if you are dependent upon them in any way still.
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#30
10-11-2006, 05:53 PM
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Re: dealing with parents, stigma
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I honestly feel like I am some sort of stupid heroine junky. [/ QUOTE ] I know it was a typo, but I find the concept of a "heroine junky" (as opposed to a heroin junky) rather amusing. Would this be someone addicted to pulp romance novels (like my mom once was)? [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img] A man who will only date women with super powers? [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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