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Anyway if all you can do now is be critical of my spelling of informal words, I think it's time to stop responding. But thanks for your opinions. I'll keep them in mind.
used to express the sudden realization of one's pathetic character and/or behavior
"Woah, I have nothing better to do with my time than to look up the misspelled word 'woah'."
Well, I think you've actually found the perfect word!
60% or so of my peers are married or engaged and have real jobs. Maybe I should tell them the internet thinks we should quit our jobs and travel to asia to teach English.
I also can't find a single article that points to this apparently common phenomenon of making less than your starting salary.
Are you seriously trying to tell me that 60% of your peers (I assume other 22 year olds) are married or engaged ?(and have "real" jobs)?
My son is 33 and the very first one of his HS or college friends got married at about age 26 (engaged at age 25). Then a few more got married around age 30 to 31. Almost half of his HS & college friends, his same age, are still single in their early/mid 30s.
My daughter just turned 29 and only two of her HS or college friends are married and both of them got married at age 28 (engaged about age 27).
I'm thinking of my friends whose children are in their 20s/early 30s and others that I know in their 20s/early 30s. Of the perhaps 15 to 18 people, only one is married and he got married at age 30 (engaged about age 29).
If 60% of your "peers" (22 year olds, just out of undergraduate) are engaged or married you run in a much, much different crowd than the people that I know and my adult children know.
PS. Oops, I just remembered that a friend of my daughter (from middle school) did get married right out of college at age 22. That woman got divorced at age 25.
Last edited by germaine2626; 08-14-2016 at 06:18 PM..
Reason: added PS.
Are you seriously trying to tell me that 60% of your peers (I assume other 22 year olds) are married or engaged ?(and have "real" jobs)?
My son is 33 and the very first one of his HS or college friends got married at about age 26 (engaged at age 25). Then a few more got married around age 30 to 31. Almost half of his HS & college friends, his same age, are still single in their early/mid 30s.
My daughter just turned 29 and only two of her HS or college friends are married and both of them got married at age 28 (engaged about age 27).
I'm thinking of my friends whose children are in their 20s/early 30s and others that I know in their 20s/early 30s. Of the perhaps 15 to 18 people, only one is married and he got married at age 30 (engaged about age 29).
If 60% of your "peers" (22 year olds, just out of undergraduate) are engaged or married you run in a much, much different crowd than the people that I know and my adult children know.
PS. Oops, I just remembered that a friend of my daughter (from middle school) did get married right out of college at age 22. That woman got divorced at age 25.
Are you seriously trying to tell me that 60% of your peers (I assume other 22 year olds) are married or engaged ?(and have "real" jobs)?
My son is 33 and the very first one of his HS or college friends got married at about age 26 (engaged at age 25). Then a few more got married around age 30 to 31. Almost half of his HS & college friends, his same age, are still single in their early/mid 30s.
My daughter just turned 29 and only two of her HS or college friends are married and both of them got married at age 28 (engaged about age 27).
I'm thinking of my friends whose children are in their 20s/early 30s and others that I know in their 20s/early 30s. Of the perhaps 15 to 18 people, only one is married and he got married at age 30 (engaged about age 29).
If 60% of your "peers" (22 year olds, just out of undergraduate) are engaged or married you run in a much, much different crowd than the people that I know and my adult children know.
PS. Oops, I just remembered that a friend of my daughter (from middle school) did get married right out of college at age 22. That woman got divorced at age 25.
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Originally Posted by stellastar2345
I live in the south and went to a SEC school.
Come on, the south can't be that different.
Are you really serious that 60% of your peers are married or engaged at 22 years old?
No wonder you are shocked at what other recent college grads are doing. Among people that I know or my adult children know personally the list of exciting adventures and exciting jobs is almost endless, doing research in Taiwan (rock climbing on the weekends), working as a marine biologist on oceans all over the globe, doing a musical performance in Cuba, being in the Peace Corp in Africa (two different people), being an Ice Road Trucker in Alaska, trying to find a cure for Dengue Fever, acting in numerous community theater productions, becoming an inspirational speaker, teaching English in China, opening a pageant gown & pageant jewelry resale shop, spending several years at a big company in Ireland, moving to France and working as a Greek/French/English translator of business correspondence, inventor & entrepreneur, taking a month long sabbatical from work to travel to Australia & New Zealand, spending two weeks every year being a volunteer nurse in various small villages in South America, teaching newly released prison inmates about safe sex & HIV & AIDS awareness and some are students in medical school or graduate school or working on the PhD. And these are just the things that I can remember off the top of my head that people are doing right now or have done in the past couple of years.
Hmmm, one of the things that they all have in common is not even one of those people were married or engaged at age 22. But, everyone is different. It is OK to be married or engaged right out of college, but you probably miss out on some things.
Last edited by germaine2626; 08-14-2016 at 07:41 PM..
Are you really serious that 60% of your peers are married or engaged at 22 years old?
No wonder you are shocked at what other recent college grads are doing. Among people that I know or my adult children know personally the list of exciting adventures and exciting jobs is almost endless, doing research in Taiwan (rock climbing on the weekends), working as a marine biologist on oceans all over the globe, doing a musical performance in Cuba, being in the Peace Corp in Africa (two different people), being an Ice Road Trucker in Alaska, trying to find a cure for Dengue Fever, acting in numerous community theater productions, becoming an inspirational speaker, opening a pageant gown & pageant jewelry resale shop, spending several years at a big company in Ireland, moving to France and working as a Greek/French/English translator of business correspondence, taking a month long sabbatical from work to travel to Australia & New Zealand, spending two weeks every year being a volunteer nurse in various small villages in South America, teaching newly released prison inmates about safe sex & HIV & AIDS awareness. And these are just the things that I can remember off the top of my head that people are doing right now or have done in the past couple of years.
Hmmm, one of the things that they all have in common is not even one of those people were married or engaged at age 22. But, everyone is different. It is OK to be married or engaged right out of college, but you probably miss out on some things.
i went to around 8 weddings this summer. so no...
also how is spending several years at a big company in Ireland any more exciting than working for a fortune 500 in america?
Who are your peers? Your friends? Maybe. I can absolutely, positively tell you that 60% of the students you graduated UGA with are not married. They are in grad school, or working.
Who are your peers? Your friends? Maybe. I can absolutely, positively tell you that 60% of the students you graduated UGA with are not married. They are in grad school, or working.
All of my married friends are either in graduate school or working. They aren't mutually exclusive.
because corporations in ireland operate vastly different from american corporations apparently.
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