name a scam so prevalent we have forgotten it is one

I'll go first: marriage, when it is for the sake of a) the cessation of loneliness, b) having children as accessories, c) getting the house you couldn't afford alone, d) serving a man hand and foot because it is your sole role and ultimate purpose as a woman. e) buying your woman everything because you are solely a "provider" with a to-do list.

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uncalled4 · 56-60, M

College. Expensive af, no guarantee you will land a job in your field and you're left owing a metric f**kton of money.

foldedunfolding · 41-45, F

@uncalled4 YES!!!!! GREAT CALL OUT!!!! i deliberately left the path prescribed to me by my family and deigned not to attend. i decided to work my way up where i was, and go after the house FIRST. if i want to get a TRADE after, so be it. but ppl wonder why the average number of lifetime careers is 6..entire CAREERS?? mayybee bc we force 18 yr olds to know what they want to do the rest of their existence, at. that. age.

Punches · 46-50, F

@foldedunfolding @uncalled4
That is why there is a lot of student debt that people cannot pay. Go to college and you still end up working a dead beat job half the time. Of course then society acts like it is your fault when that happens. Usually people that point out others' lack of success are unsuccessful themselves.

mayybee bc we force 18 yr olds to know what they want to do the rest of their existence, at. that. age.

I am 48 and still do not know what I want to be when I grow up.

Funny how society treats kids that age like they are so dumb, do not know anything about anything YET they are suppose to know enough to have these big future plans.
I do not razz young people about not having their plans in order because I have not forgotten what it was like at that age.

foldedunfolding · 41-45, F

@Punches LOUDER FOR THE FOLKS IN THE BACK!! ALL OF THIS!!!