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friday hax chat q: he is itching to quit his desk job for the wonderful world of law school. but wife is pregnant

Posted by pixitude (aka chris) Apr 6 '12, 10:23

WASHINGTON, DC

Dear Carolyn, I did a lot of career-shopping in my 20s (just turned 31) and, after spending the past 2 years in an unstimulating desk job, I'm feeling the itch to try something new, again. I am becoming obsessive about the idea of applying to law school, to start in 2013-14. The problem? My wife is pregnant with our first baby, and she is strongly opposed to my giving up a decent, stable income for loans and instability. I see her point, but know that within a few months I will be miserable where I am. Does the beginning of fatherhood really mark the end of my right to try new things and make decisions based on what makes ME happy?

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Let me second Loosi's sentiment... - Stephen Apr 6, 11:38
and it doesn't have to be one or the other. It can be done. [nm] - Mel Profit Apr 6, 10:54
I'm picturing him watching Blue's Clues in two years, Steve singing ~ you can do anything that you wanna do ~... - TFox Apr 6, 10:49 1
- When I'm feeling up to it I'm going to write what happens to... - Mel Profit Apr 6, 11:03
husband = father = provider - what part of that is unclear? -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 10:42
dumbass. -- nm - TFox Apr 6, 10:38 15
- (I mean, if anything summed up the millenials in the work force, there it is right there.) - TFox Apr 6, 10:39 14
  - doesn't matter. he's got to be 'happy'. - Diva Apr 6, 10:40 13
    - how does anyone commit that last sentence to paper without then instantly deleting the whole e-mail and saying, "you know what? i'm a moron." -- nm - TFox Apr 6, 10:45 5
      - it is an amusing insight into his personality. -- nm - Mel Profit Apr 6, 10:53 4
        
        i mean... he put ME in all caps. - TFox Apr 6, 10:57 3
        
        you can smell the "Oh shit...this isn't like being a firefighter exciting!" desperation. - Mel Profit Apr 6, 11:02 2
        
        "You know what would be better than being an accountant? Being an accountant in space!" -- nm - TFox Apr 6, 11:06 1
        
        No it wouldn't -- nm - amoxy Apr 6, 11:39
    - i don't begrudge anyone that wish, although fatherhood does come first now. but the idea that law school is the itch he gotta scratch - pixitude Apr 6, 10:41 6
      - none of his job changing in the past made him 'happy' or else he would have kept one of those jobs. - Diva Apr 6, 10:46 1
        
        What are the chances that he's never cheated on her? -- nm - Max Apr 6, 11:06
      - yeah, that made me laugh. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 10:46
      - I'm with ya - he thinks having a kid is bad? he ain't seen nothing yet -- nm - Epiphany Apr 6, 10:43 2
        
        plus six figures of debt! -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 10:47 1
        
        HIS needs! -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:47
"I'm not ready to be a father yet. The unborn child is already suffocating me." -- nm - David Apr 6, 10:35
This guy is never going to be happy in whatever job he gets -- nm - amoxy Apr 6, 10:33 1
- this -- nm - Diva Apr 6, 10:35
Oh that poor woman -- nm - JenBro Apr 6, 10:31
yes. yes it does. -- nm - mafic Apr 6, 10:25
suck it up, princess. Bad time for school. -- nm - loosilu Apr 6, 10:24

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