“You don’t have a social life”
What would you say if someone told you that? What would you say if that came from your parent?
My dad was having one of these rare moments and discussing or simply viewing my life
It seems he doesn’t like what I do for a living. What you do is a “MAN’s” job. Haven’t you had enough, didn’t you learn everything you need to, you proved a point and now you need to rest
To be honest I believe he doesn’t fully comprehend what I do or he wouldn’t have said all that so gently
And yeah what’s with all people commenting about my “social skills”, I want to stick something on my forehead stating “allowed social anxiety”. WAllah I tried mingling with new girls over lunch and if there was a marathon for the fastest lunch to be munched down I would have a pretty good chance at winning. I think I am the normal one and they are not, it’s not my fault. The topics they talk about make you want to drive your head through a brick wall. But I believe my dad meant family affairs, that I don’t participate much, well sometimes I am too scarred to go, it’s like a zoo with thousands of kids running around and lunch time is hazardous!
Another thing, “workaholic”, that is just sad when it comes from your father who has been working for over 30 years. From my point of view, I like to get the job done and it is because of my concious, it’s fault not mine, I don’t like sticking around after working hours but sometimes I need to
“I need to incorporate more activities in my life”, you come tired. Again I think he wants me to stick around family
“What if you get married”, my current life style is not suitable for a married woman, OK what is my situation now, I am single, so who cares. I think he even said something about having kids
Of course the ultimate “women men discrimination”, you don’t need to get ahead in your job, what do you want to be … a manager! Actually NO, I want to head the company and preferably have my own someday
Of all the people in the world, it is hard for him to actually believe I am good at what I do
The thing is I normally do what I believe in and that in many cases is the opposite of what he wants. But at the end of the day, I know he wants the best for me and I don’t make it easy for him by just following exactly what he has in mind or simply the known and to give myself some credit, I sometimes do what he wants
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