I wanted to be a veterinarian. Unfortunately, I'm a "bit" squeamish when it comes to blood, and when it comes to anything that has to do with eyes I tend to faint.
Here's the thing Shuhak. We have all kinds of doctors. Not all of them are surgeons. Maybe you could be a non-surgical vet who handles ordinary conditions and diseases that meds could correct. A general practitioner of vets so to speak. Make sure they have all the shots they need. Make sure they don't gain too much weight. Take blood samples to make sure they're healthy. There's a lot a vet could do without having to actually cut into an animal. It's a shame that your love of animals couldn't extend to helping them live better lives. I'm squeamish too. Do you know there are actually who watch operations on TV? Not me. No interest in it. Thank you for your reply! )
I don't recall wanting to be anything. I never had any guidance one way or the other. I remember the ONLY conversation I had with my high school counselor. He asked me what I wanted to do. I said I didn't know. End of conservation. Had he said "How about one of the military academies?" , that would have been my ticket. I was well qualified and my father was a disabled WWII veteran. Right now I would be a retired Admiral. But he didn't mention it. The only options when we were in school was get a factory job or join the military.
The best time of your life happinesswise was your military career? Could you have been happy living your entire life serving in the military? An Admiral? Of course I have no experience in it but it seems to me it would be very limiting in that everything you experienced would have to do with safety security protection of your country. Heavy load with no way out. As I said I have no experience with it. I'd be a lousy soldier. I'm always asking WHY and telling people that what they say makes no sense. I think vis a vis the chain of command that would not go over very well. Thank you for your reply.
I think teaching is the most noble profession. This is not the first time I have stated that view. It is my teachers who gave me confidence in myself and brought me out of my shell. I learned from them how to think..not what but how. How not to accept what makes no sense at all. I wish those who do accept the absurd would have had the same teachers I did. Perhaps the world would have been different. SIGH. Thank you for your reply. My son is a college professor. I am extremely proud of him. I extend pride to the teacher you. I'm sure you helped folks to find their way and grow and blossom. Good on ya! "_
Proof that the grass is always greener sweetie. I was among the tallest gals in my class at 5'6". There were a few of the gals who were petite and sweet and I so wished I were one of THEM. There you are wishing you were taller and here I am wishing I had been less tall. I guess that's how it goes for all of us. We admire what we aren't and others admire us for what we are. That's life in a nutshell! Thank you for your reply D and Happy Friday to thee! :)
I was kind of joking Rosie....all us girls are petite and lithe like our mother and my brothers are all large and burly like our father....it was like being lifted by a huge crane when our dad came home from work and licked us up and tosed us all about like rag dolls...lol
More only what nature and fate held for me Rosie....Make the best of what we've all evolved in to ...or your spend your life withing for things that will never happen...
With respect to "nature" what do you mean D? Your appearance about which you really didn't choose. You were born that way. But has it come in handy because you're petite and pretty and have you used that as a "feminine wile" to get what you want? I never did that. Don't have the right stuff to pull it off. But I know that a lot of gals use allure to get what they want from susceptible men. I don't fault them. I mean we use the brains we are given why use our looks too? I always relied on my brain because I'd feel foolish trying to use "allure" to lure a guy into doing what I wanted. I never tricked anyone. I was always direct and straightforward so that's all I know. Thank you for your reply. I'm gonna ask.
It's nothing more that chance that we are born as we are or at all come to that Rosie...As for myself,I didn't have to do much at all...at 17 and a bit ,I got hit on by my new and first employer and we are still together now ..LOL I dont consider myself stupid ,I just act the fool nigh on 24 hours a day ....I consider myself pretty well up on most subjects ,some a lot more than other...
Do you have any idea how romantic what you just wrote is to me D? I bet you don't because it's all you've known. You are with your first love since the age of 17? I'm 82 and at age almost 60 I finally found my true love! A few marriages that fizzled along the way got me here. I don't envy you because I don't envy anyone. But am so happy for you because look at all the wasted time I experienced with the wrong mate and all the time you have saved? It makes me wonder why that happens so infrequently? Of course I am assuming you and he will got through your entire lives together. I just think that's so cool and grand. Thank you for sharing that with us. Keep it up honey! :):):)
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I don't put myself in situations where I'm more at risk of being hit on seriously Rosie....I get so many cheeky remarks almost on a daily basis. I can roll with them instantly and I'm just so quick with my come backs.... Imdont have to think about it, most all come out with out even thinking...they are like trying to remember dreams...I can for a moment in time and they just fade sort of....lol I doesn't even cross my mind about any of us fooling around with others....I think we would allbe pretty devastated if one of us ever did....lol
I think we all have a different understanding of what love means. Yours and mine seem to be exactly the same. Which is to say we would never cheat or get into any situation that would be compromising not just because we wouldn't want to hurt our loved one but also because we would have zero interest in it. I mean being tempted 24/7 is very suspicious to me. That some folks are faithful but always on the prowl for what's hot? I don't get it. Sure I think some men are very handsome. I'm not blind or dead. But the thought of having any one of them even touch me? AARRGGHH! Yuck. But as I said we each have our own idea of what love means of what love is what it requires from us. I take great joy from having had some very good male friends. But not one of them EVER crossed the line of friendship. I think if you respect people you never put them in a situation which would make them uncomfy. You came to your bliss early. Mine came later. We're both lucky! Thank you for your sweet reply D. Which reminds me. I had a friend who was drop dead gorgeous who was a finalist for being Rose Queen. She was also brilliant. Sh was so sick and tired of being judged on her appearance she could have spit nails. I think being beautiful is wonderful but there can be a downside even to that. She was disgusted because so few ever got past her looks to find out the person she really was. Their loss. ((hugs))
Shuhak 