Rant #1. aka tacky things to ask
Answers:
1. None of your business (although, I give a very vague, generally uninformitive answer to those who press me)
2. Duh
3. see #1, minus the vague, uninformative answer
[Note: while it would be totally possible for me to do this trip entirely on one of my two credit cards, because they both have given me obscene credit lines, I am not stupid. I may act foolishly now and then, and have moments of blonde-ness and create stupid metaphors referencing an army and macaroni. Still, I am an intelligent woman and have no desire to witness a four- or five-digit credit card bill.]
If I were to announce I was buying a co-op or a house, would these people still ask these questions? The answer, I fear, is yes.
These questions are related to my time at my 5.5 year job. Amazon.com. OK, before you get all excited and insist I buy the next round of drinks: Do The Math. I started in January, 99, and was not hired permanently until April, 99. Think back. I know it's hard. Early 99 was that time also known as Yon When the Internet Bubble Burst/Popped/Exploded/Crashed/Went Kerplooey/Bombed/[fill in the blank]. Yes, some of my trip is funded by stock options. However, I am not rolling in cash, nor am I one of the early employees that are permanently living a life of leisure. Unless something remarkable happens, I will be applying for jobs in about a year. Yes, people I worked with bought houses at 25, sailboats, moved to Bali, or taken elaborate and very long vacations. For the record: I am not one of them. There is other money involved in the financing of my trip and I have a pretty strict budget -- if I go through the money on schedule, I travel a year; go through the money too quickly, destinations and length are cut; go through the money slower than expected (pleasepleaseplease), I travel longer and further.
No, you still cannot ask the above questions. I've only honestly answered those questions to maybe 2 of my closest friends.
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