No Hollywood Ending......BUT...Happily Married

[Creed]

Boy , can I empathize with what you're going through.

Only difference is, I'm divorced and can't afford to quit..and right now,at my age, there isn't lot offered in my small town.

I was put in the position of management...I say 'put' because it was managements idea..not mine. They wanted someone with 'years' on them and not one of the 'young' upstarts whose priorities are not what the company holds as assets.

I've had to fight the age barrier, the experience barrier, and definitely the backlash for being an 'outsider' coming into an area with no real experience as compared to the younger workers. When I changed positions, it was into an area that I had not previously been in, so I was totally inept as to what goes on there. The younger ones had started out in that area, so had more knowledge and experience, but didn't have the maturity that the company was looking for. Hope I explained that well enough.

Everyday I go to work, I have to bite my tongue at some of the antics, and just plain rudeness of some of the younger ones. Their thinking and judgements are totally different than someone my age. And they believe that they 'know it all', when they have NO idea about what life is REALLY about. They have very little in a clue as to what life can throw at you. They are still pretty well protected by their parents..and still feel invincible to outside forces.

BND, take back your power. I'm like you. I tend to demand 100% honesty, etc. I hate BS and disloyalty. But you know...we're going to find that out in the real world, whether we like it or not. Only thing we can do is be an example of good morals and priorities, and maybe some of them will rub off on the others. If not, we can still hold our head high and know that we don't need to defend ourselves..only try to be the best that we can.

We're not perfect either in this imperfect world.