I hate being dependent on anyone on a day to day basis. If expertise is required, that's fine, but for my daily life, I hate it.
I've always worked because I don't want to rely on someone to support me.
I've fixed stuff around the house because I'd rather not hire someone to replace a faucet or light fixture.
I have a basic 3 days supply of food & water and took a CERT class.
I keep my Element so I don't need to borrow someone's truck to haul anything.
The list goes on. I pride myself on self sufficiency but that has it limitations.
Now I have to ask for help with my surgery and it is driving me nuts. I tried to figure out how I could get to and from the hospital on my own but the Dr's office won't let me. Now I'm relying on my brother and while I never ask for anything like this, it's so frustrating. I keep apologizing to him and feel terrible that I'm inconveniencing him. He's busy and it won't exactly be fun waiting around at the hospital for a couple hours but there isn't anyone else I dare ask.
Anyone else do this?
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Jen
"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce
I've always worked because I don't want to rely on someone to support me.
I've fixed stuff around the house because I'd rather not hire someone to replace a faucet or light fixture.
I have a basic 3 days supply of food & water and took a CERT class.
I keep my Element so I don't need to borrow someone's truck to haul anything.
The list goes on. I pride myself on self sufficiency but that has it limitations.
Now I have to ask for help with my surgery and it is driving me nuts. I tried to figure out how I could get to and from the hospital on my own but the Dr's office won't let me. Now I'm relying on my brother and while I never ask for anything like this, it's so frustrating. I keep apologizing to him and feel terrible that I'm inconveniencing him. He's busy and it won't exactly be fun waiting around at the hospital for a couple hours but there isn't anyone else I dare ask.
Anyone else do this?
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Jen
"In order to keep a true perspective on one's importance, everyone should have a dog that worships him and a cat that will ignore him." - Dereke Bruce