Irritable Bowel Syndrome Message Boards | Re: Making babies ... and then staying home with them!

I can only try to understand your position as I never went to college and I've never really had a "career." I came from a relatively poor family. I mean, I had plenty of food and clothes but we shopped at K-Mart kinda thing. I got married right out of high school and just kinda fell into the optical world. I did work for a pharamcy for about a year and loved it. I would have liked to go to college to be a pharmacist but its pretty much ALL math and well, I suck at math!!

My first husband cheated on me and got another girl pregnant (seems everyone can get pregnant besides me!

.) As we were in the process of divorcing, he was murdered. At which point, I was in my early-mid 20's and kinda went wild for a while. I just couldn't handle everything that had happened and turned to alcohol and drugs. I had gotten into a VERY abusive realtionship and felt pretty much hopeless. I woke up one day and realized I was going to die if I didn't do something.

I finally pulled my head out of my butt, got cleaned up and spent some time alone. I guess I was trying to figure out what I wanted to do with my life at 27-28 years old. I was working full time for a different eye dr but barely getting by. I had to distance myself from all my friends because most of them still "partied" and I couldn't be around that.

One day I heard of a job about 2 hours away from one of my sales reps and I thought "why not?" This was on a Thursday, I interviewed that Saturday, was offered the position and moved two weeks later! The job turned out to pretty much suck and I left for my current job in a few months.

When I moved, I didn't know ANYONE at all but made myself go out occasionally to dinner and such and after a couple of months I ment Will, we were married a year later! I like the doctor I work for now (most of the time anyways!

) and don't really know how to do anything else. I make ok money but I wouldn't be able to afford the house I'm in and all the bills by myself.

My girlfriends here are all career girls. One works for NCR (national Cash Register) and travels all over, she is currently working in London. The other is civil engineer. And the other is in her last year of residentcy, she will be a full, fledge doctor this winter!

I guess I sometimes feel "less worthy" or whatever because I just work FOR a doctor and I don't really change people in anyway. I mean, sure I sell the best glasses in town HEHE but if I didn't do it, someone else would!

Anyways, not sure why I felt compelled to write out my life story but if you got this far, thanks for reading! I'm not even sure I had any particular point in there but I guess I would have to say, don't be afraid to be YOURSELF, a lot of people spend WAY too much time worry about what others think. Do what makes you happy and never look back!

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Taking it one day at a time.....

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