What have you come to accept over the years?

[Nothing]

'geez, wouldn't mind playing the back nine'

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I reckon I can get up and down in 1.

 

[the_interloper]

I can only imagine the old men at golf clubs around the country putting her picture up in change rooms and making golf related puns ad nauseam.

"I wonder how she grips the shaft?"

 

[Over The Post]

"I'd like to go three holes with her"
"I'd driver"
"She can hold my balls anytime"
"I'd hit her sweet spot"
"Heard she mows the fairway"

Just off the top of my head. Hell, I'm even digusting myself. How times change.

 

[Billy ray]

be still my beating heart. paige!

 

[Over The Post]

Well we know what *your* birthday wish is.

 

[Plugger35]

Funniest hit of golf I've ever had was when me and a bunch of rugby mates teed off at a golf course we stayed at on an end of season trip.

The aim of the game was to hit the ball as hard and as far as you could, getting it near the hole didn't matter that much.

One bloke did a run up tee shot at the first hole and sliced it like a Steve Waugh square drive through the bushes and cleaned up an old lady on the 18th.

I was the Geoff Ogilvy of rugby golfers went down and up 10 over par, my short game saved me.

 

[Run n Spread]

Nobody actually listens when you're talking about something.

They are just thinking of what they are gonna say and then waiting to say it.

Most the time now I dont bother and the times I do I find myself fading away due to feeling like the person isnt really listening.



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This. Also everybody has generally made up their minds about something in advance and attempting to change their POV is a waste of time. It is actually fascinating how people do make up their minds/come to a position but it isn't rational argument and considering the facts.

Also for the above I accept we actually have less free will then we think. We are an animal driven by impulses, hormones, brain chemistry and conditioning. We do what feels right then intellectualise to justify what we wanted to do anyway 80-90% of the time i reckon.

 

[Off The Couch]

That when you think that life’s Already pretty shitty but it then goes up to another level of shittier

 

[Run n Spread]

Same with financial counsellor.

Took all my info in and sat there for ages and in the end he just goes "you're in trouble you should move back in with your parents"

No financial help.



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Fact is sometimes no advice is better than s**t advice. Reason financial advisers are mostly crap is they are used to dealing with and looking at ways to improve peoples capital and using money. Completely useless in terms of advice on how to make it in the first place.

Did lol at your post. (Not making light of your situation just a spot on observation)

 

[Run n Spread]

Wow, if this thread isn’t a window into the bleak souls of BF posters. I’m gonna buck the trend and go with a little positivity.

The world is going to try and define you but you aren’t your f***in car. You aren’t your f***in job. You are in more control of your life than you think. Surround yourself with people who will allow you be you and the rest won’t matter.

As far as advice goes this is pretty good.

 

[rocker_oz33]

I can only imagine the old men at golf clubs around the country putting her picture up in change rooms and making golf related puns ad nauseam.

Happy Gilmore type puns.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

.Government is just like business - all about the bottom dollar. Except its worse because they get their money from other people's hard work under the guise of taxes,fines etc etc
. People come and go in your life and there isn't much you can do about it
. Money doesn't bring happiness. Once you have the basics, any other happiness brought is temporary
. Literally everyone has their own issues and not many people are completely at peace with who they are
. Barring family and close mates, people will just use you when you have value to them

 

[Reynolds Number]

In most workplaces, companies put profits at the expense of commonsense.

They are not employee friendly despite their lame social justice policies just to look good.

 

[Stratton_Gun]

In most workplaces, companies put profits at the expense of commonsense.

They are not employee friendly despite their lame social justice policies just to look good.

I've been looking at job sites so much lately that it's easy to work out what each statement means

Fast paced environment- you'll be put into a shitstorm
Lots of opportunities for progression- they will use that line to try and pay you less with the false promises of promotions and development
Work close to home- we won't bother hiring you if you don't live close
Benefits include onsite parking- if not having to pay to park at work is the biggest benefit don't even bother
Need a can do attitude - you're going to be given a lot of work which isn't specified in your role

 

[Over The Post]

Applying for a specific role only to discover it's a labour hire company and they just use your life history to pad their numbers to potential clients and the chances of the job you applied for actually existing is pretty much zero.

 

[Off The Couch]

Applying for a specific role only to discover it's a labour hire company and they just use your life history to pad their numbers to potential clients and the chances of the job you applied for actually existing is pretty much zero.

same with the education and health department here advertising for teachers and nurses for their graduate pools - there are no jobs. All it does is provide false hope

Thousands of graduates out of work and it’s about to get worse with workers nearing retirement staying longer because their super got smashed

 

[Runner44]

Things are going to happen that are totally out of your control. You didn’t cause it. But how your life ends up will be how you respond to it.

 

[craigos]

Only poor people/the insanely rich say money doesn't buy happiness.

 

[Guardian Hawk]

Only poor people/the insanely rich say money doesn't buy happiness.

I dunno. I know people with plenty of money and people with hardly any and there is absolutely no correlation in terms of happiness.

I've also worked in some pretty impoverished parts of the world an in general, they are happier and more content with their lives than the people I know in Australia.

Suicide, depression, etc also appears to be much more prevalent in richer countries.

Also, people who 'make it' and achieve massive financial goals (and even life goals) are often pretty unhappy individuals in my experience. All their life they believed if they just accomplished this or that or earnt this or that they would be happy. When they get there, they realise they feel the same they always did and usually go through a big period of disillusionment.

Have you encountered much of the opposite?

 

[ioppolo]

I dunno. I know people with plenty of money and people with hardly any and there is absolutely no correlation in terms of happiness.

I've also worked in some pretty impoverished parts of the world an in general, they are happier and more content with their lives than the people I know in Australia.

Suicide, depression, etc also appears to be much more prevalent in richer countries.

Also, people who 'make it' and achieve massive financial goals (and even life goals) are often pretty unhappy individuals in my experience. All their life they believed if they just accomplished this or that or earnt this or that they would be happy. When they get there, they realise they feel the same they always did and usually go through a big period of disillusionment.

Have you encountered much of the opposite?

I find in Australia there is always more 'wanting'. Probably because most of what one wants is somewhat achievable.

 

[Run n Spread]

I dunno. I know people with plenty of money and people with hardly any and there is absolutely no correlation in terms of happiness.

I've also worked in some pretty impoverished parts of the world an in general, they are happier and more content with their lives than the people I know in Australia.

Suicide, depression, etc also appears to be much more prevalent in richer countries.

Also, people who 'make it' and achieve massive financial goals (and even life goals) are often pretty unhappy individuals in my experience. All their life they believed if they just accomplished this or that or earnt this or that they would be happy. When they get there, they realise they feel the same they always did and usually go through a big period of disillusionment.

Have you encountered much of the opposite?

Money is a part of it as you need it to survive.

But a lot of depression comes when people are not their authentic selves and can't be true to themselves. And a lot of that is out of their control. Add in a genetic component and things can fall to s**t. Plus we are a social animal and pack mentality eventuates so things slide easily.

 

[Over The Post]

I find in Australia there is always more 'wanting'. Probably because most of what one wants is somewhat achievable.

Absolutely. I'm the guy you point to when you want to scare a small child into being happy with what they have.

 

[FRUMPY]

I find in Australia there is always more 'wanting'. Probably because most of what one wants is somewhat achievable.

And then when s**t hits the fans, they realise they shouldnt have everything as they cant afford it

 

[peternorth]

Seen plenty of people in asia without the things we have, and they smile and are happy. "poor" to the naked eye.

then again, plenty of wealthy people are happy too.

I dont think there's a direct link between money and happiness.

but i know people who by their own words are "poor", and do live by the "money doesnt buy happiness".

 

[Scotland]

Money doesn't buy happiness, but it does buy piece of mind.