Today, I turned 25. I'm single, still living at home and doing an unpaid internship in an industry I have no interest in, because it was the only accepted application after 6 months of unemployment. The daily 45-minute drive means I'm losing money every week for being "employed" with a PhD. FML
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Halloween
A failed costume, stolen candy and a very real scare: Halloween, the one night when fear is allowed.
Today, like every day, I scrolled through my social media feeds, seeing happy couples, people buying houses and landing their dream jobs. I, on the other hand, am a single 23 year-old man in a dead end job, who still lives with his parents. FML
Today, I had to stop going to university with 2 years left because my parents feel it's not the right course for me. I am 23 years-old, living with my parents, $2 to my name and no job. FML
Today, I've come to terms that I'm only living to work. I'm going to be 25, no friends, never had any experience with women. Been trying all year to meet someone, hasn't worked out at all. Dead end job, school did nothing for me. I literally just exist to work, and have no happy memories at all. I give up. FML
Today, I’m 25 years-old. I was unattractive in high school and college. In the last two years I’ve glown up. Also, rent, gas, and food have all gone up in price. I can’t afford dates and I've had to work weekend nights at every job since I was 18. I hate these “rich kids” my age. FML
Today, I've been stuck in a minimum wage job since I was 15. I'm now 22 and I have no idea where I'm going in life. FML
Today, as a single, 24-year old college graduate working temp jobs outside his field, the only thing I look forward to in my day is what I get to eat for dinner. FML
Today, I was rejected from the 25th rental I applied to in the last two months. I give up. Guess I'm stuck living with my mother forever. FML
Today, I realized that even though I was an honor student throughout school, and considered the golden child who was going to go far in life, all I've accomplished a year after graduation is becoming an unemployed single mother still living with my parents. FML
Today, I'm in a US college. I could've gone into a trade or internship, but no one listened. Now, while my parents brag to their friends that their child has a degree, I'll probably be spending the rest of life in crippling debt, sleeping on the side of the road, and begging strangers for table scraps. FML
Today, I’m 24. I can either be employed and have money, but having to work weekend nights and have scattered days off, or I can be unemployed and not have money to go out enjoy my city. I haven’t had a weekend to myself since high school. FML
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Top comments
twister45 17
That sucks! You're 25 with a PhD that's impressive. I'm 25 and still trying to figure out how the toaster works.
nzhx 23
I'm sorry things haven't been working out lately, OP. Hopefully you have support from family and friends, and who knows, maybe the connections you make in your internship will somehow help you in the future - even just as references. Best of luck to you!
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Comments (78)
TecheyTim 14
4 for batchlors, 2 for Masters, 2 more for PhD...Maybe started when he was 17? Just because it took you 3 years to pass 3rd grade, doesn't mean everybody's that stupid.
guttedbrit 26
Good things take time. And unpaid work does prove that you're willing. Don't get me wrong, you're not in the perfect place right now, but that doesn't mean you'll be down forever. Hang in there!
Snaxia 12
Being single isn't bad. Being taken is overrated.
KxHoneyCombxP 24
What is the PHD in? Sometimes someone may get a PHD in Philosophy and that's completely useless.
ERaj1123 18
How the he'll do you get a PhD at 25? You need four years of college plus at least five in grad, so you would need to be at least 27.
worldclassrager 41
You are still very young OP things will turn up
scififemme 23
Have you met with your career services office? They should be able to help you polish your curriculum vita and practice you're interviews. If you had a graduate assistants, you should have some work experience. See if you can connect with alumni from your program and ask them about their career paths.
watermelon15 35
How do you have a PhD at 25? I am very curios
bryan788 29
just shows there are to many universities cranking out degrees that have no practical use in the real world. The guy that makes my coffee each morning bitches he has a masters in art history and can find a better job
Eliiara 11
How about teaching at community colleges or university levels? Even if that's not what you're interested in, it's something stable to help you get a degree for a field of real interest. I'm almost done with my masters and I can teach at community and university levels (not being a professor just lecturer but still that's a great job). If you got those degrees at decent schools and had decent grades, you can easily get into another type of graduate program.