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    In conversation:

    My mother wistfully looked off into space and said: "One day, you'll get a job... and...."

    I did a double take. "What do you mean GET a job?!?!?!" I work 45 hours a week. Factor in transportation... I pretty much have a full time job.

    Mom looks at me like I'm a retard, you know the pitying look you give a wounded gerbil and sweetly replies: "What kind of job is this that you can't even afford to get an apartment? That's not a job. When you get a real job you'll be able to do all sorts of things."


    wow. Just wow.


    I understand that times are tough. But I always thought parents were supposed be mad at you because you're working in a "seedy" "sexual" "dangerous" environment. Mine are just mad at me because I suck at stripping.


    Back to the "Failure" thread, I go.
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    aww
    Tell her you would get more money if those people with good paying jobs would come in and spend money. but since the economy sucks its not happening




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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophia_Starina View Post
    But I always thought parents were supposed be mad at you because you're working in a "seedy" "sexual" "dangerous" environment. Mine are just mad at me because I suck at stripping.
    Anyone clever and self-aware enough to write the above is going to do just fine. I suggest you extend this germ of an idea and sell an article to someone. A parenting magazine?

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    Default Re: Parents giving me Flack

    Been there. Done that. Jobs are overrated.

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    OMG-Don't you live in NY/NJ? Who here can afford ' things'? Apartments are $1000 plus and the economy suuuuccckss. You're probably making more than half the state, even with crap nights. Oy, mothers.

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    Ugh, I know what you mean! My parents think my dancing job is actually a bartending job- and they have given me shit about it for years, especially my mom. She doesn't even ask when I'm going to get a "real job", but, "When are you going to get A job?" She doesn't even acknowledge that I work. Even when I sold health insurance for a year and had a different sales job before that, she refused to acknowledge them because they were commission-based.... like, if I'm not paid some crappy hourly wage or a salary, it's not a real job to her. How nice it must be to have your head so far up your ass that you only have to acknowledge the parts of reality that you choose to.... lol....

    I know it's hard, but don't worry about your mom- just enjoy dancing, and eventually, you will be able to afford the things you need and want. That takes time with any job.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chicagoeditor View Post
    Anyone clever and self-aware enough to write the above is going to do just fine. I suggest you extend this germ of an idea and sell an article to someone. A parenting magazine?

    Lololololololololol!
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    rofl at OP.

    that's hilarious. especially the "wounded gerbil" part.

    can you move into a place with roomies? maybe it's the independence thing that's buggin her.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Elusive21 View Post
    ^^^ That could be what's bothering your mom - I know that Russian parents can be very overprotective and meddlesome, almost to the point where you feel like you're being suffocated. Hell, my own mom is STILL butt hurt that I moved out when I was 17 - and I'm 23 now!
    My mom goes way beyond this. Grrr... must move out.
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    I think the problem isn't that you suck at stripping but that you DON'T suck. Get it?
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    Quote Originally Posted by LuckyOne View Post
    Been there. Done that. Jobs are overrated.
    lol, how funny that my attitude.

    but regarding the OP, i would tell you to move in with me, but i only have one bedroom

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophia_Starina View Post
    In conversation:

    My mother wistfully looked off into space and said: "One day, you'll get a job... and...."

    I did a double take. "What do you mean GET a job?!?!?!" I work 45 hours a week. Factor in transportation... I pretty much have a full time job.

    Mom looks at me like I'm a retard, you know the pitying look you give a wounded gerbil and sweetly replies: "What kind of job is this that you can't even afford to get an apartment? That's not a job. When you get a real job you'll be able to do all sorts of things."


    wow. Just wow.


    I understand that times are tough. But I always thought parents were supposed be mad at you because you're working in a "seedy" "sexual" "dangerous" environment. Mine are just mad at me because I suck at stripping.


    Back to the "Failure" thread, I go.
    I love you. You're not a failure.

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    Aw, honey. She kind of has a point. If you're working that much and can't afford an apartment, you need to reevaluate. Perhaps a career change or relocation is in order?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Susan Wayward View Post
    Aw, honey. She kind of has a point. If you're working that much and can't afford an apartment, you need to reevaluate. Perhaps a career change or relocation is in order?
    Hehehe... yeah. I've come to the conclusion that my club isn't cutting it.

    I look over my first year earnings and realize I was making 3-4 times more than I am NYC... (3 years later!!!).
    There are a lot of factors at work. High cost of living, my own naievete at the prospect of living on my own, and the crappiness of my current club's earning potential.

    I'm not ready to give up dancing... not even close. I just have to stop working Hard and start working Smart.

    Anyone wanna be my roommate?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophia_Starina View Post
    Hehehe... yeah. I've come to the conclusion that my club isn't cutting it.

    I look over my first year earnings and realize I was making 3-4 times more than I am NYC... (3 years later!!!).
    There are a lot of factors at work. High cost of living, my own naievete at the prospect of living on my own, and the crappiness of my current club's earning potential.

    I'm not ready to give up dancing... not even close. I just have to stop working Hard and start working Smart.

    Anyone wanna be my roommate?
    I would... if I was ready to move out. I'm planning on moving out around January since I'll have by BA (bachelor of the arts, not breast augmentation in this case) by then.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Jade View Post
    If I can get the money together to buy a house, you both can come live with me. Of course, I'd feed you... and then you'd hate me if I made you fat.
    Shoot, with 4 people helping to pay the mortgage we COULD get a house.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Jade View Post
    There's a 4 BR, 6 bath place right by the mall (the other mall we talked about the other night, not the one we were at) that's for sale. All new appliances, in-ground pool with heated cabana, downstairs used to be a dental office so that could be turned into a business as it is zoned for such... only like 700k. I think we could handle that!
    Yeah we could probably mortgage it for about $4000 a month. LoL

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    We could be like sexy Keebler Elves.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Jade View Post
    Seriously! We would sell lots of sexy cookies and make serious BANK! After all, who can resist us?
    This house sounds better and better all the time.

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    Oh damn, I want in!

    I'll clean the kitchen.

    And... give massages?

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    Quote Originally Posted by coffeeprincess View Post
    Oh damn, I want in!

    I'll clean the kitchen.

    And... give massages?

    Hmm... splitting the rent more... sounds good! LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Jade View Post
    It *is* a 4 BR, so we'd have plenty of space. I think it's like 3300 sq. ft. or something ridiculous like that before you count the downstairs office. It even has a PARKING LOT besides the 2-car garage since the dental practice used to be there. It's been on the market for a loooong time since it's so much house and the property tax is pretty high since it's zoned for business as well. We could probably make it work...
    I'm hurting just thinking about paying 1000 each right now... lol

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    Quote Originally Posted by Lady Jade View Post
    That's the total of my household expenses every month right now! Of course, with a house, there's the added expense of paying for water, gas, more electricity, sewage, garbage, property tax, etc... We may need to pull a bank heist first or something!
    Yeah, imagine you AND the boy paying it out a month. If not more.

    Maybe we should just get a condo or something cheaper. lol

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    I wanna live in the stripper house! Not that I can swing $1000. I will work extra hard as a keebler elf.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sophia_Starina View Post
    In conversation:

    My mother wistfully looked off into space and said: "One day, you'll get a job... and...."

    I did a double take. "What do you mean GET a job?!?!?!" I work 45 hours a week. Factor in transportation... I pretty much have a full time job.

    Mom looks at me like I'm a retard, you know the pitying look you give a wounded gerbil and sweetly replies: "What kind of job is this that you can't even afford to get an apartment? That's not a job. When you get a real job you'll be able to do all sorts of things."


    wow. Just wow.


    I understand that times are tough. But I always thought parents were supposed be mad at you because you're working in a "seedy" "sexual" "dangerous" environment. Mine are just mad at me because I suck at stripping.


    Back to the "Failure" thread, I go.
    I can relate. After college, my parents were giving me TONS of flack for not having a job that paid a decent living wage that would allow me to purchase health insurance and have my own apartment. In reality, I was trying really hard but no one would hire me. There were plenty of times that my parents couldn't understand how I couldn't get hired at a better job or make enough money to move out. Coming from a different generation, they were out of touch with the shitty job market and modern costs of living(my mom hadn't worked in nearly 25 yrs + my dad is self employed). Eventually the retail "McJob" I had fired me for some lame reason, and when my parents found out(despite the fact that I was still tutoring kids for cash + had a new job as a restaurant hostess lined up), they literally kicked me to the street...LITERALLY...my mom gave me 5mins to pack a bag of clothes then drove me to the borough and dropped me off at some random street corner, making me walk 1.5miles in the cold to my friend's house. THAT'S the reason I got into stripping, to make money. My parents didn't start talking to me again until they saw that I had an apartment + was making enough to pay off credit card debts(they didn't know I was dancing though! }:-) tee-hee!)

    I understand that you are already dancing, and it's still not enough. I'm sorry about that. Is there any way you could relocate to a more lucrative city for stripping? I heard that Atlanta and various parts of Florida are pretty good. I hope everything gets better. I really hope your parents are at least a little more understanding than mine were.

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