It's Monday and I'm in my usual annoyed at the world mood. The annoyed level is about a four so not that irritated at everyone or everything. The source of my annoyed at the world mood this time? It's just Monday that's all and I'm still tired from yesterday. I'm also a little hungry but will be going home soon. I'm not anticipating a long stressful weak, at least not for a while. Those usually don't occur until the major Jewish holidays or life events. Speaking of which, I don't know if I mentioned it but my 19-year-old married niece is expecting with her man-baby husband. Great, she'll be taking care of two infants. I suppose I should be happy for them. You know that whole young, cute newlywed, expectant parents thing but I'm more disappointed with my niece. I expected better from her. She has a lot of potential as a graphic designer but rather than grow it, she decided to stick to doing pedestrian layouts, boring invitations and fliers. Instead of going to a reputable art school that would push her to do better, she chose an online school that probably had her download photoshop and whatever graphics program is available to use. Yes, I should respect her decisions and let her deal with consequences but I feel that her decisions were not wholly her own. I believe she was indoctrinated at the ridiculous "convent school" to marry young, marry some Yeshiva student, and work to support him while he attends class. The problem with that model, in this case, is I don't see much in the way of intellectual achievement coming out of him. I could be wrong but I think he's only studying to please his parents and was also indoctrinated by whatever school. As far as I'm concerned, let her enjoy being a newlywed and very young mother. Let her enjoy it until reality sets in.
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