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The fact I'll die alone without ever feeling the love of a woman besides my mother and without a child saddens me. So, as kind of a consolation, I want to know... How does it feel? Being in love and being together, the sex part, just living together and all that...

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[โ€“] [email protected] 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I went to college and have worked a middle class job since I was 17. Believe me, being smart has nothing to do with it, I'd say less than five percent of people I've worked with were "smart", the rest are just doing the bare minimum to not get sacked.

What ever you're lacking in knowledge and skills can be made up for by just being keen.

I admit that money does help, unfortunately, the mobility of classes has been in decline for decades now.

[โ€“] [email protected] -1 points 5 months ago

Which means I'm fucked.