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[quadrathong]

I have to rant for a sec. I can't even tell you how freaking tired I am of people telling me, "oh you're so lucky. You're so lucky to still be in school, at least you're not in the real world." I just don't understand this. Yes, I know that a lot of college students are not really paying for anything themselves. But I also know more college

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[jdromine]

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[quadrathong]

To point number 1: Thank you. That is exactly what I mean. I'm in no way implying that I think life after college is easier. I know it's hard, and honestly it scares the shit out of me. I'm just tired of people diminishing my life. Like today...I took my car in to see why my check engine light was on. Costs 70 dollars for the diagnostic machine alone. Turns out it's some valve and all together it will be 266 dollars. In hindsight, that is not too bad for a car repair. But I got paid today. 180 dollars. And now by tomorrow morning it will all be gone. Plus 80 dollars I don't really have. It's going to have to come out of my rent money. So now for the next two weeks I will have absolutely no money. Not even enough for ice cream. And it's frustrating. Because I can't go just get another job to supplement my income. I don't have the time. I'm barely scraping by in class as it is. So yeah...it's rough sometimes. As my dad says "it builds character". I'm sure it does, at the expense of creating an anxiety disorder

[jdromine]

For point number 2, I understand what you mean, but I still don't think you should feel bad about feeling bad.

If your logic is that someone else has it much worse than me, so I can't feel bad, then only one person in the world is justified in feeling unhappy with their situation. That would be the person who objectively has it worse than everybody else. Everybody else has to feel happy and appreciative that they are not that one person who has it far worse than everybody else. That's not realistic or necessary.

[tarmetiel]

I felt that way when I was in collage too....but right now I envy your position, because for me the real world means: no job, horrid economy to try to get a job IN, living with parents, trying to scrounge up savings to pay for a car that I needed to get because I was in an accident and my inssurance won't completely cover the car, finding some other random monies so that I can fund my portfolio to get into graduate school, trying to pay off student loans, and of course trying to find health insurance.

So to me, you are pretty damn lucky to be in the collage world, chicka. I can completely understand how you feel right now, and, yes, most adults forget how hard collage life is, but just know that the worst hasn't happpened (and hopefully never will). It is a good thing to have a job and to be in school. It doesn't feel like it, I know, but you at least have those.

:) Love!

[quadrathong]

That's what I'm saying though. I'm dealing with all of that too. Plus school. I'm not living at home (sympathize with you there), but I probably will be soon. I have a job that doesn't pay enough, and I have expenses I can barely provide for. And I'm trying not to fail. The college world isn't saving me from the "real world". I'm drowning in the real world. Just like everybody else, college or not. Sure, some kids have rich parents and when they're in college they don't have to worry. But I'm not one of those kids. I'm not saying I have it harder than you or anyone else. Just saying that it's no cake walk, and I'm tired of people implying that it is. I'm tired of people saying I'm not in the real world. We are all in the real world.