But if I have to hear, ONE MORE TIME, any of the following excuses come out of your mouth while you languish on my couch, I will bow out of this friendship and leave you to your fantasy world.
- "I can't work for anyone else." - Sorry hon, everyone else is who has the money!
- "I'm so tired of worrying about money." - Yeah, being in five-figure-debt will do that to you, especially if you keep charging two week vacations to exotic locales to your credit cards. You live rent-free with your family. You get someone else to pay your bills. Who's worrying?
- "I just want to have as much fun as I can right now." - Isn't that what you've been doing for the past 30+ years of your life?
- "I'm just going to think good thoughts and keep networking. Someone out there will want to give me a grant." - A grant for WHAT? Sitting around all day stoned?
- "I want to have kids and a family of my own." - and when I point out that such things require hard work and steady income you say - "Oh, those things will take care of themselves."
- "I can't wait to be a millionaire and take care of all of my friends!" - nice sentiment, but at this rate, it's a good thing none of us are waiting for you to get your ass in gear.
Meanwhile, I am working full-time, my bills are paid, I'm saving money for the future and still able to afford the fun things in life. I have a resume that doesn't suffer from a lack of practical experience, and I don't assume that the world is going to take care of me just because I think positive - I am pro-active and as a result more able to give back to the world from which I benefit. I suppose it will be my taxes paying for your kids and food stamps, and not because you are unable to work, but because you are lazy, unrealistic, and a complete parasite to your friends and family.
Now get off my couch. I've got work to do.
