Oksana
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Yah.
Now, comparing yourself to your social circle could well be a good source of motivation, but in trying to take too many shortcuts to get "caught up" (in your head), you run the risk of driving yourself mad and even unhappier than you are right now. Making six figures isn't going to change your life Stevie boy - you'll just scale up your expenses along the way and you'll be in the same mindset you are right now, i.e. an unsatisfied one. Making an arbitrarily high amount of money isn't going to change other people's perception of you either, especially if you had to completely ignore them in order to reach that self-imposed status. And whomever shares your life at that point will experience the same thing Nikki did - an unavailable guy who's chasing a dream that's not really his.
Watch or rewatch American Beauty. Don't get shot in the back of the head by the closet homo next door. Or something.
Change guy to girl and that's the story of my life right there.
But I am still of the opinion that there is something terribly wrong with the fact that her parents flipped out because he wasn't ready to leave when they arbitrarily changed the arranged time, and they're now blanking him while Nikki doesn't put an end to their childish behavior. It doesn't matter what any of their excuses could be - he was a member of the family for what? 10 years? And you treat someone like that because he wasn't ready when you decided you'd rather leave now? It's not like he was sitting in a bar. Actually, even if he was, big deal. He wasn't late.
I guess the thing I'm hung up on is her lack of standing up to her parents and from what he said, this seems to be a recurring theme. This is supposed to be your life partner - he comes first. And if he doesn't in your mind because you'll always defer to your parents, then what kind of relationship will that be regardless of whatever other issues your facing?