'Nuff said, but for the sake of my presently nonexistent audience, I'll explode this title to justified proportions.
I'm a MARRIED man, with a lot on my mind..... unemployment, for instance: SUCKS.
As a superhero, unemployment would mean little, because my sense of worth would not come from a paycheck, no matter how nonexistent, tiny, or even ridiculously large the sum of money listed on said paycheck would be. I'd be saving lives and fighting crime daily, and nobody would expect otherwise... so I suppose that's what I'm truly at war with: Expectations.
As the present NON-superhero that I am, expectations are much different. I'm a young man in his prime, the world at his fingertips, his beautiful wife on his arm as he gazes into the eyes of all who would dare challenge his right to be happier than they are. Imagine this young man, with more talent, ingenuity, and social tact than most, throw in a handsome face with an athletic build, a classy wardrobe, even, and there I stand before you; READY for ANYTHING and yet capable of nothing, without a job.
Incapable of providing.
Incapable of moving out of his Mother-in-law's basement.
Incapable of standing tall amongst REAL men, the ones with the jobs.
Incapable of really nearly everything a proper society expects from a man such as myself.
I'm lucky to have a wife who sees me as the superhero I wish I was, but I can't honestly expect anyone else to see me as anything but disappointing, because that would make ME an "expector" just like THEM...
and expecting not to be expected of? That's just crazy.
It's fine... I'll get a job soon, go ahead.... EXPECT it.... but know this: even WITHOUT a job, and a means of living by your standards... I'm still happier than you. =)
Thom out.
