I Feel Like Such A Loser

[Volusianator]

I just got done filing for unemployment, 43 years old, first time I've ever done that. The old pride hurts a bit is all.

 

[dpricenator]

Every little bit helps and don't feel bad.....That is your money they are paying you. You paid into that account and now, unfortunately, you need to make a withdrawl.

 

[jwintosh]

get over it! oh, sorry, thought you were still crying about the packers!! :halfgrinw

that's why you pay into buddy! keep your chin up!!

 

[TBone]

Hey, You put into it. Thats what its there for. Hang in there.

 

[bballbaby]

hang in there wade. it WILL get better.

 

[Klusterbuck]

Hey, go ahead.... you put in the time, and money....
Take back what's yours.

 

[vorra65]

Hey man, stand tall.

Your'e a good man, and things will turn for you-were all pulling for you.

Usually, shit like this turns for the better.

Hang in there.

 

[JRL]

Ya Bro hang in there. It will get better. Take what you have faithfully contributed to for 25 or so years.

 

[CWS]

Screw that. Pride I mean. Consider it a bnak account. You paid into it for years and now you are withdrawing. IT IS YOUR MONEY. Losing a job is one of the most stressful events in life. Yet a job has no bearing on what type of person you are or your values. I know how you feel. Been there done that. Work on your resume. List your accomplishments. Damn, look at all the shit you have done SO FAR in your life. Don't allow that crap to reside in you.

The job is out there. Go find it and flush the rest down the toilet.

Hnag in there Wade

 

[Wasch_24]

Definitely don't get down on yourself over unemployment. Like others have said it is your money in the first place.

Unemployment IS NOT welfare.

Keep working on getting that next job but still try and enjoy the downtime. I was unemployed for 10 months last year so I can definitely relate.

 

[caudio51]

I had to to do it early on in my career.

The pro's, a lot of cigar smoking while job hunting. The position is out there, you just have to locate it.

 

[Volusianator]

I know I shouldn't feel bad about it, but it just stings right now. Thursday I cleaned out my office, Friday I worked in that same office barren of all my possessions from the last eight years in that same room, now today is the first day of my adult life that I've been unemployed. I was pretty good this morning, slept in a little, got up did dishes, shoveled the snow off my motorcycle trailer, got three loads of laundry done then got on the computer to file my unemployment and it just hit me like a ton of bricks. I've always supported my family the best I could and we do alright, not rich by any means but we're comfortable. Now I sit home while Linda is at work and I just feel pathetic. I know I shouldn't, but the newness of this is gonna take a bit to wear off I'm sure.

I got a bunch of motorcycle friends who are meeting in Des Moines this weekend, they asked if I wanted to come down to get my mind off things, I declined just saying that right now I'm not gonna spend the couple hundred bucks in gas to go down for the weekend (we do this a couple times a year, so usually I'm a fixture there) then today I get an e-mail with a confirmation # for a fight out of Green Bay landing in Des Moines and of course a return. Damn guys chipped in to get me down to IA. Between those guys and y'all, I'll get through this, thanks for the words, I'm sure I'll read them several times today to knock some sense into my fat head.

Wade

 

[dpricenator]

That was a nice thing for those guys to do. Pack the big Otterbox, you owe those guys a smoke.

 

[Wasch_24]

Very cool!

 

[caudio51]

That's great of them to do:thumbsup:

 

[Greg]

Awesome what your buddies did!

Wade, just look at this as an exciting beginning to a new career and maybe a new life. Who knows what the future holds? Embrace it!

 

[Volusianator]

Pack the big Otterbox, you owe those guys a smoke.

Two of the guys down in Des Moines are the guys that I built these for:

They are in my top three of all time best friends. And the coolest thing is, we met on a motorcycle forum, similar to this. One of them (Joe) invited me to his place to spend the night on the way to a rally in Eureka Springs Arkansas, never met the guy, but he offered, I accepted. He then introduced me to Vince and ever since we've been inseparable. We go to Sturgis together every year, spend several weekends a year at each others houses, talk on the phone almost daily. All because of a damn web forum like this! How cool is that.

 

[jwintosh]

:thumbsup: way cool!!

 

[dpricenator]

If I hadn't done the same thing, I might say it was a little gay. Thos humis are cool, I am decorating a little box with cigar bands, I should haver gone the route of right angled placement instead of ramdom. Those look great.

 

[rick12string]

Wade, don’t feel like that. I’ve been down that road before too (a couple of times as a matter of fact) and kinda felt that way at first. Engineering has been like a roller coaster for me. You’re always working yourself out of a job until the next contract.

You paid into it and that money is yours.
You don’t feel bad when you health insurance has to pay a claim do you? You paid for this insurance as well. You can hold you head high using money that is rightfully yours. If you don’t use your money that you paid into when you need it, well then it can just be considered a fools tax and by what I’ve read here, you are no fool. Being a victim of something that is out of your control does not make you a loser nor should it make you feel like one. Besides; losers don’t have friends like you’ve got, so you can put that right out of your head. What your buddies did is outstanding!

My wife and daughters are starting a craft project. A prayer pot inspired by you! Yours will be the first to go in.

Hang in there. Things always seem to work out for the best for good people and I’m certain you’ll come out on top.
Rick