well i recently started a new job and had lost my ssn card and was freaking out about going through that rigmarole, luckily they just took my birth certificate as my second form of id. and of course my license. i guess it all depends on where u work if they need a photocopy of a card...which to me seems rather silly but of course its all to protect the employer and you as well from fraud.
as for the sadistic parents thing, my mom from basically the age of 18 has slowly but surely mentioned throughout the years how much she wanted some babies asap. of course for a few years, i was able to ignore it and shrug it off as no big deal. now these days as im entering the years where everyone my age is settling down, having kids, getting married, my mom has greatly increased the pressure for me and my older sister (however my sister is a lesbian and has never dated as much as i have up to this point in our lives) and basically for almost 10 years now has given up on her doing those things and has told me that she is relying on me to carry on the family gene pool. hell im going to see her today as i need a new car and there is no doubt in my mind that she will say something again as usual about what i should be doing and need to be doing in my dating life. it seems to me you cant just live your life your way without someone (even your own mother) being disappointed about how you live it and how you seemingly are being told you are falling behind the normal milestones in life. its like im not allowed to be happy unless someone else is happy about my life. isnt that some f****d up BS?
so good luck, erisad, it is tough out here and as i know from my own college graduation...college doesnt really prepare for you anything. and you only realize that after you graduate, or living on your own, etc.
14 May 2011, 8:34 am
