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    uchiha101

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    21 minutes ago, uchiha101 said:

    Many corrections to what you say so I'll fix that. If you haven't been paying attention she says she wants me to call her wife. I am married to her in-game for now. She is my gf in real life and for now it's a long distance relationship. She has super powers and she isn't a normal person. She used to be but isn't anymore.

    I sure hope you dont have access to automatic weapons. :whistle:

    uchiha101

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    57 minutes ago, jaybuck43 said:

    My guess is immaturity.  When I was a teenager I thought I was god's gift to life, that I knew everything there is to know, that my parents were insufficiently_thoughtful_persons, and that all they wanted to do was harsh my good time.  Then I went to college and learned 1) I'm nobody 2) I know less than 0.001% of what is out there to know and that there are billions of people with WAY more knowledge than I will ever have, and that I should listen to everyone I meet to learn from them 3) That my parents ARE insufficiently_thoughtful_persons (because we all are) but that they have decades of experience and wisdom that I do not yet posses, and to learn from them and 4) that my parents aren't trying to arbitrarily be pains.  Rather, they see issues/problems/pitfalls that I am too young/stupid/inexperienced/blind to see and they are just trying to protect me and push me in the right direction.  Sometimes they are pushing me in a direction I don't agree with, not because they hate me, but rather because they made those same mistakes and know the pain it causes and are trying to spare me it.  5) (and most important)  For everything I have accomplished, all the hard work I have put in, the thousands and thousands of hours spent becoming the success I am today, I DID NOT DO IT ALONE.  I stand on the shoulders of greatness.  I stand on a mountain of sacrifices, tradeoffs, and the sleepless nights of others.  I respect that.  I appreciate that.  And then I ask myself, if THEY were willing to do all of that for me, why should I be so proud to think similar things are beneath me?  To have the hubris to think that I am better that that job, or that I know better than my boss etc.  

    I truly hope something kicks Gabe in the butt and wakes him up.  I know we joked earlier about Gabe and the military, but honestly that might be something that helps him.  He needs a sense of purpose, drive, organization, and hard work.  I really hope he finds it.

    I fully agree.