Seems like everyone is moving on...

[Fiona8484]

I think you need a break from Facebook. Remember, people are generally only putting the good stuff on the site, not the bad.

[M3 Mitch]

Originally Posted by M3Guy

Yea I'm doing school part time right now because of my job. In the summer, i have to take 6 week long classes(cram and dump). I can stay pretty busy lol. The other aspect to me being stuck in GA right now is that I may take over/continue a business once the owner retires. I need to stay pretty focused on what I'm trying to accomplish, but its hard when everyone around me is starting a family. At least I can still go out and have fun I guess

If everybody around you was smoking crack, would you feel pressure to smoke it too, in order to fit in?!

You need to firm up the plans on the possibility of taking over the business, talk that over with the present owner, figure out if that's really possible, what it will cost, etc. And is this opportunity worth being more or less planted where you are, because if it's a brick-and-mortar business, you will have to stay there with it for years, probably, before being able to sell on (if that's what you want to do).

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

If everybody around you was smoking crack, would you feel pressure to smoke it too, in order to fit in?!

You need to firm up the plans on the possibility of taking over the business, talk that over with the present owner, figure out if that's really possible, what it will cost, etc. And is this opportunity worth being more or less planted where you are, because if it's a brick-and-mortar business, you will have to stay there with it for years, probably, before being able to sell on (if that's what you want to do).

Just what I'd wanted to say, but you did a better job. Think twice before locking yourself into this location, OP. You could pick up some skills from this business, but market them elsewhere.

[redguard57]

Oh Facebook.

I remember when it came out when I was in college. God, it was so cool. It was this awesome communication device that was mostly college students where we could make fun of each other's drunk pictures and send out invites for killer parties - you just friended that cute girl from class and included her in the invite hoping she'd come to your party.... and she showed! Score!

The day that Facebook began to suck: the day that our parents joined it. Now it's the equivalent of Christmas cards. I always hated Christmas cards - I never gave a damn about the unsolicited updates of other people's familial progression. Always so propagandistic and fake. That's what Facebook has become.

I recommend freezing your FB profile. I did it for a year a while back and it was a refreshing experience.

I recently got engaged. It got hundreds of likes and on my fiance's page she got twice as many. She just HAD to show the ring off. But don't let that bother you. I'm 32 and pretty much all my FB friends are already married with kids so I felt the same way as OP does for years. I remember thinking the same things.. that I'd failed at life somehow. That feeling is something in you that FB brings out, not truth. Happiness is an inside job - getting married will not solve that and is not an end in itself.

Last year my father died and I posted a heartfelt tribute to him with pictures and stories - it received at best 20% of the attention of the engagement announcement. Facebook is for people's propaganda now, not for anything genuine. If you put something "unexpected" or out of the ordinary people don't really know how to react.

[Ruth4Truth]

OP, it's possible to live a fulfilling life without facebook, you know. Maybe that's a crazy thought, but it works for me.

[M3 Mitch]

Originally Posted by Ruth4Truth

Oh, good grief!

OP, find the courage to be your own person. You don't need Dostoyevsky or Nietzsche for that.


Roll over, Beethoven, and tell Tchaikovsky the news!

Well, seriously the dude does not seem to be expressing much in the way of deep thoughts. If he hasn't any of his own, maybe some light reading would give him something to think about.

I consider it a distinct honor to be called out for recommending Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche. And I *am* turning it down from 12, I didn't recommend reading Dostoyevsky in the original Russian!

"I am a railing by a torrent - let he who can, grasp me!"

[Ruth4Truth]

Originally Posted by M3 Mitch

Well, seriously the dude does not seem to be expressing much in the way of deep thoughts. If he hasn't any of his own, maybe some light reading would give him something to think about.

I consider it a distinct honor to be called out for recommending Dostoyevsky and Nietzsche. And I *am* turning it down from 12, I didn't recommend reading Dostoyevsky in the original Russian!

"I am a railing by a torrent - let he who can, grasp me!"

Haha, hyuk, hyuk--"light reading". You're funny, Mitch. So you're from Russia, are you? I should have known.

[PachucodeOro]

Originally Posted by M3Guy

I'm noticing when I get on Facebook, and in real life, everyone I personally know is either engaged, just married, has a baby, or is buying a house(for the new family). Sure, there's a couple of single people I know but not many. I'm still single after several years unfortunately. I've done a lot of work to improve myself but nothing is happening. My friends and acquaintances are moving into a new chapter in life which involves a serious relationship or family. I'm unfortunately not. Every post i see on facebook is about a baby, or how much they love their SO. I'm honestly feeling like a failure and I voluntarily apologized to my mum for not giving her grandchildren. Who has been through/going through feeling like this?

Moving on to another stage in life...sucks but you have to move on too.

[vigueur2014]

If you are older than 30, then you need to drive your M3 into the lot, and upgrade to a M5, that's the problem, too many are looking at your car as being a midlife crisis.