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02-21-2022, 11:37 AM | #1 |
Crimson Guard
Join Date: Feb 2008
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I sure as hell have never been rich, but I've been POOR.
The last fifteen years I was just comfortable enough to put a roof over my head, not starve, and have enough left over again for toys. That all ended Friday morning when I got fired. Getting fired in a foreign country, no less. I remember almost 20 years ago I was a pizza delivery driver, and I've save a buck or two out of every night's tips and put it in a jar. I was saving up for a mint, pristine, white as snow, 1984 Storm Shadow a guy was saving for me. At the end of that miserable summer, I had about $75 in the jar...it was a little less than he wanted but I just couldn't wait. I approached him and he told me "Oh...sorry dude. I don't sell Joes anymore. I got out of that." And that was that. My Storm Shadow fund eventually went to stuff I truly needed, like oil changes and groceries, and then it was gone. Years later I found myself in Japan, the land of my dreams. It was a paradise and I loved it. I still was never RICH, but I had enough left over to buy some cool figures or books or something here or there. Well, after living like this for almost 15 years, the party is over. I gotta figure out some way to get all the wonderful stuff I bought myself over the years safely back to the states, where I'll no doubt be living with a patient and understanding friend. Until they kick me out after a few weeks that is. I loved having my own place....all mine...and now it's gone. It's one thing for a 25 year old pizza delivery guy to pine after a vintage Storm Shadow he can't afford... But now I'm a grown ass middle aged man....bags around my eyes, wrinkles everywhere, long grey strands of hair framing my face where it was once black. 44 years old. No wife, no kids....and now not even an apartment filled with nerdy crap. I'm exactly where I started, but now it's the fancy new "Mezco" Storm Shadow I'll never be able to afford. I just can't believe my life came right back around to square one. |
02-21-2022, 11:48 AM | #2 |
stretching your O-ring
Join Date: Jul 2021
Location: Tomball, Texas
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Prayers for you brother.
Just set new goals, take it one day at a time, and be grateful and thankful for any breaks you get from friends/family. Also be sure to reach out for help if you are feeling like you can't handle your emotional state at any point. It will get better. Life is an adventure. |
02-21-2022, 11:50 AM | #3 |
Mobile, Agile, Hostile
Join Date: May 2013
Location: VA
Posts: 775
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Wow. Man, so sorry to hear that. Getting fired sucks!
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02-21-2022, 11:53 AM | #4 |
Iron Grenadier
Join Date: Aug 2020
Location: Canada
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On the road of life, there are a lot of bumps. Some bigger than others. As BizCopperhead said, take it one day at a time.
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02-21-2022, 11:54 AM | #5 |
Cobra Trooper
Join Date: Nov 2020
Location: Cobra Island
Posts: 1,113
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On the plus side from personal experience i wouldnt worry about the no wife problem
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02-21-2022, 12:31 PM | #6 |
The Man You Know & Love
Join Date: Feb 2009
Location: In The Middle of a Late Night Crew Orgy
Posts: 28,210
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Been there, done that. Just keep pressing forward. Don't suck it up and "be a man". Always be real with yourself and others about how you're feeling and what you're going through. Always identify the problems and expose them, then learn from them, then grow from them. It's great you opened up yourself to us. We will uplift you. That's why we're here. We got your back.
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02-21-2022, 12:46 PM | #7 |
Just a fan
Join Date: Feb 2021
Location: NY
Posts: 8,568
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Trust me, things will eventually get brighter.
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02-21-2022, 12:57 PM | #8 |
Mass Nerderer
Join Date: Nov 2013
Location: Slitherin' around the tank- It's cool, though, 'cause I'm being "watched"
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Hey man, it'll come back around, and while we all bicker like a buncha bitches here, you're in the best possible place for a virtual support system.
I myself was in a similar spot at the end of 2019, and I had to sell off almost 20 years of collecting to put food on the table and maintain a roof over my head. It looked pretty damned bleak, but it did turn around. Almost immediately after shit fell apart in spectacular fashion, I landed a good paying job, a fairly inexpensive living space, and my current collection dwarfs my old one in both scale and quality. A lot of that was due to a change in luck, and a lot due to the awesome people that frequent this site- some of whom are chiming in on this very thread. You may not see it, but you actually have greater prospects than I did at the time in terms of employment- remember, we're practically in crisis mode in terms of people that are willing to work. Don't let a bump in the road become a . Keep your head up and make it through. Lastly, I know we don't really know one another, but I've been through some particularly unpleasant shit in my day- feel free to reach out via PM if you ever want to talk.
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02-21-2022, 01:10 PM | #9 |
Bill Cosplay
Join Date: Feb 2014
Location: Staying clear of knee-jerk nerds.
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You know what happens when you live your life and take chances? Sometimes you get poor again. Here's the thing though, you can always look back and say to yourself, "Goddamn, I lived in Japan for 15 years!"
Two things to keep in mind that go hand in hand: -Everything is temporary. We all end up the same, so what really matters is what you do while you're here. Be where you are while you're there and participate. That's the real "meaning of life," which is really just embracing the experience of being alive. -"No feeling is final." Right now you're obviously feeling defeated and probably scared. That'll pass. It always does. Emotions, thoughts, perceptions and states of being are all temporary too.
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02-21-2022, 01:12 PM | #10 |
Reptilian Ninja
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Jacksonville, Fl
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Not to be a stick in the mud but if the company that fired you transferred you to begin with shouldn't they pay to move you back even if they do fire you since they had you uproot and move everything to japan to begin with?
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