Label maker

I have a pet peeve or two in my life, but one that bugged me today was when someone told me that I need to find a man and settle down... Not just a man, but a RICH man. Why must you project what you think that I need to be doing with my life?
Let's review...
1) I was once married, to a "nice guy". With all do respect to my Ex-husband, whom I really do respect in the concessions business, he didn't want me. Not the me that I was, or am, he wanted someone who I can't be.  I didn't know what I wanted, except to be married and start a family. Because that is what was expected of me. So, been there, done that, moving on...
2) I don't NEED a man. I feel that I've established this already. I said this to my co-worker who was telling me all of this and he suggested that I do for certain things... Nope, I can buy sperm or adopt a baby if I want one later (When the time is right Mom, calm down). And If I REALLY want to borrow a penis, I know a few that I could call. That's if I REALLY wanted to borrow one.
3)A RICH man? Well, if I have to have a man, he could be RICH. Let's see, when I was little I always wanted to be rich. Richness in friends, love and I guess there area a few things that money can buy. I'd like to have a boat with a membership at a yacht club. I grew up spending time boating and beaching it, and playing ping pong in the snack bar/library... So if there is a RICH man out there that wants to pay my bills, and take me on vacations around the world, I guess I can deal with that. I'm sure that comes with a price of some sort...
In all honesty, I don't care about money. I have had plenty of relationships with boys that have not much money. I hear my father saying, I keep telling you stop playing with the boys and look for a MAN, but like I tell you Dad, I don't know that they exist anymore...

Just because I don't fit into whatever YOU THINK that I should be doing with my life, doesn't mean that I will bend to what you think that I should do.
I've gotten so tired of everyone telling me what I need to do, that I've just stopped doing anything. I'm going to worry about what I want to do. I don't want the label of "unemployed, underemployed" and whatever stigma that you feel it has. I understand that I need to be able to pay my bills, and I do work when I am able, at two to three different jobs. DO I really expect after almost 3 years of not having a "real job" that I'm going to find one again? I have no idea.
But unlike my co-worker, please don't file me away in a file folder with some sort of projected dysfunction attached to it. Don't be a Label Maker.


*** Please note that when I started writing this I was at work on my lunch break, and was on a roll when I had to get back to work**** Great now, I'm apologizing for loosing my train of thought. I take it back, I don't apologize, it is what it is. For those of you reading, tomorrow's topic is on my desk at work, possibly How we teach people to treat us, or maybe some jokes.
******** I really like how in the corner as I write this, there is an area to "label" something... =o)