Is it normal for familys to want to know about your job?

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Alright, I'm disabled and in a vocational outreach program to try to work somewhere to try to get gainful employment. But you know whenever I have these family get togethers they want to know everything about what I'm doing. They know I'm disabled and some have thoughts of me being a bum and others don't. Mostly the older, older males in my family. But I'm in transition and when I start telling them about what I have been doing in this program they look at me with disappointment or turn the other way and head out the door. And all I feel like doing is either crying and telling to F*ck themselves or just avoiding them totally. But you know I love my grandmother. I mean the point should be is that at least I don't want to suck off the government anymore right? Is this normal or do I just have a bunch of asses for family?

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  • eternalsmoke31
    12 years ago

    Fuck family....You should just live your life and if they have a problem then dont associate with them that closely or period..

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  • hugostiglitz
    13 years ago

    i believe the response is "fuck off"

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  • hammer2377
    13 years ago

    Lie to your family. They won't know the difference. The older males probably blow each other.

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  • reillyhawkins
    13 years ago

    its normal for family members to want to know about your job, that shows they care and they are interested. it isnt normal, however, for them to walk out when you tell them what it s you're doing. this makes them a bunch of assholes. but maybe you can get them a bit more interested. tell them what youve been doing, then tell them where this could lead to in the future, tell them your hopes for the next year or so, things you would like to achieve. then ask them what they get up to... then turn your back on them and leave the room when they tell you.

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  • geckopaws
    13 years ago

    It also could be that what I was educated in before I became disabled, is something that they just don't get and find utterly boring too. But you got a point there. I need to work on my "active listen skills"

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  • luicyyou
    13 years ago

    So your saying they walk out when your talking maybe your being not direct or as there about to walk out stop them and say something like "so what do you think about that"

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    • geckopaws
      13 years ago

      You have a point there. My vocational worker points out in my eval from my 40 hour work experience that I need to work on how I word things and my active listen skills. See she says I got great technical skills, and work habit... but I suppose that isn't enough to get me hired. That's what pisses me off.

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