Academics out there?
Hi DG-
My sisters and I used to joke that between all four of us, we had more degrees than a thermometer. :egad:
The oldest is a lawyer and drinks easily a bottle of wine a night and left husband number three a couple of years ago. Don't know what she does now- no one talked to her since dad's funeral.
Second oldest is a PHd in Child psychololy, divorced with two grown kids and can diagnose anyone, anyway, any day...she only drinks Expensive wine not like some of her friends who have real AL problems.
The third one is also a lawyer and talking to her is like being on acid...not that I've ever been on acid but I imagine it would be something similar. Again with the wine but she is still happily married with two adorable kids. Her famous line, casually tossed to me one afternoon, lunching at beachside restaurant in Florida was, " The *******'s (insert our last name) could have really gone far if they weren't such a load of f**ing drunks..." I think she ordered another Pinot after that. She did say it with a smile though and no malice...I think.
And then there's me- relatively unaccomplished with my puny Masters degree....but I've only had one marriage and I am here....
So if you are thinking there may be a connection between highly or over educated people, I would say yes in my case but I think it was our intellect and education that hindered our solving our life's stresses in a healthy way. We all had emotional problems from the get go but I think our oversized brains (ha ha) and oversized egos just blinded us to very simple truths about ourselves...and then well, when AL was thrown into the mix, I think we were all just goners.
As awful as this sounds there gas a great deal of truth to what my sister said that day. Not that it stopped any of us from carrying on....
Great topic! Thanks for thinking of it
:l
Hi DG-
My sisters and I used to joke that between all four of us, we had more degrees than a thermometer. :egad:
The oldest is a lawyer and drinks easily a bottle of wine a night and left husband number three a couple of years ago. Don't know what she does now- no one talked to her since dad's funeral.
Second oldest is a PHd in Child psychololy, divorced with two grown kids and can diagnose anyone, anyway, any day...she only drinks Expensive wine not like some of her friends who have real AL problems.
The third one is also a lawyer and talking to her is like being on acid...not that I've ever been on acid but I imagine it would be something similar. Again with the wine but she is still happily married with two adorable kids. Her famous line, casually tossed to me one afternoon, lunching at beachside restaurant in Florida was, " The *******'s (insert our last name) could have really gone far if they weren't such a load of f**ing drunks..." I think she ordered another Pinot after that. She did say it with a smile though and no malice...I think.
And then there's me- relatively unaccomplished with my puny Masters degree....but I've only had one marriage and I am here....
So if you are thinking there may be a connection between highly or over educated people, I would say yes in my case but I think it was our intellect and education that hindered our solving our life's stresses in a healthy way. We all had emotional problems from the get go but I think our oversized brains (ha ha) and oversized egos just blinded us to very simple truths about ourselves...and then well, when AL was thrown into the mix, I think we were all just goners.
As awful as this sounds there gas a great deal of truth to what my sister said that day. Not that it stopped any of us from carrying on....
Great topic! Thanks for thinking of it
:l
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