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<blockquote data-quote="Bloodstone Press" data-source="post: 1618072" data-attributes="member: 12468"><p>I disagree. Most 26 year olds haven't even been to college. </p><p></p><p> One of the things I learned in college was that everyone's life is different. You can always engage in upward social comparisons and find someone who is the same age/social standing as you and seems to be doing better. But all that does is lead to depression. It is just as easy to look at someone who is the same age/social standing as you and has a worse life. That usually leads to positive self-esteem. </p><p></p><p> For example;</p><p>How many 26 year olds have been to jail? </p><p>how many 26 year olds don't live in a developed country and have no idea what college even is?</p><p>How many 26 year olds have no college education, but are married/divorced with children already? </p><p>How many 26 year olds have graduated college but still work in dead-end jobs because they can't find work in their field?</p><p>How many 26 year olds have been to college and have 10s of thousands of dollars in debt to show for it (I'll raise my hand to that one <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> , though I'm closer to 29)</p><p></p><p> You get the idea. </p><p></p><p> </p><p></p><p> Wow. That's exactly how I live.... Well, I have a 2 bedroom apt. And my walls are covered with cool posters to give the place some character. </p><p></p><p> I don't think it impedes your ability to attract someone. My problem is I always attract the wrong kind of people. There is a girl at my job right now that keeps talking to me and smiling at me and sitting next to me in the break room. She seems nice, but I just don't want anything to do with her. She’s not up to my standards. She has a kid (which I'm not interested in), and she's not quite as smart as I'd like. I doubt she games either. I also think she might be an illegal alien.... oh well.....</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Bloodstone Press, post: 1618072, member: 12468"] I disagree. Most 26 year olds haven't even been to college. One of the things I learned in college was that everyone's life is different. You can always engage in upward social comparisons and find someone who is the same age/social standing as you and seems to be doing better. But all that does is lead to depression. It is just as easy to look at someone who is the same age/social standing as you and has a worse life. That usually leads to positive self-esteem. For example; How many 26 year olds have been to jail? how many 26 year olds don't live in a developed country and have no idea what college even is? How many 26 year olds have no college education, but are married/divorced with children already? How many 26 year olds have graduated college but still work in dead-end jobs because they can't find work in their field? How many 26 year olds have been to college and have 10s of thousands of dollars in debt to show for it (I'll raise my hand to that one :) , though I'm closer to 29) You get the idea. Wow. That's exactly how I live.... Well, I have a 2 bedroom apt. And my walls are covered with cool posters to give the place some character. I don't think it impedes your ability to attract someone. My problem is I always attract the wrong kind of people. There is a girl at my job right now that keeps talking to me and smiling at me and sitting next to me in the break room. She seems nice, but I just don't want anything to do with her. She’s not up to my standards. She has a kid (which I'm not interested in), and she's not quite as smart as I'd like. I doubt she games either. I also think she might be an illegal alien.... oh well..... [/QUOTE]
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