I will admit it, I am a label whore. I love designer jeans and purses. Though, lately I have been putting labels on people and only talk to them if they are a certain label. Girl, he is a doctor, talk to him, Girl he is about to go pro, you need to get with him. I have hooked my friends up with men based on their careers, setting my friends up with men just because they are pro-athletes. Our society is so bent on titles now, as lately people introduce themselves with their first name and a business card. Is that supposed to be more impressive? What about the person that you are? Your title doesn't give you a reason to be an asshole and it shouldn’t define who you are. Besides, I have found that men use their titles as an extension for their penis.
I try to not to tell people what I do. When I am off the clock, I am off the clock. There is so much more to me than what I do for a living. If I don’t impress you with my personality then go away. I don’t want to always feel I am on an interview, when it is just a conversation at the bar or club.
Not to mention the most over used label “They come from a good home.” What does that even mean? What exactly is a “Good” home? There we are labeling people again. Are these people different from a person that comes from a broken home? Or how about a single parent home? My parents are not together and it didn’t affect me. I didn’t have to take counseling for it, I don’t hate men. My parents get along great and that is what is most important. A lot of serial killers come from “good” and “bad” homes. Maybe the ones that come from “good” homes murder people different from the ones the come from “bad” homes.
In the future, when people meet me and they ask what I do for a living within the first 5 minutes of my conversation, I will say the exact same thing the fat white boy that worked at McDowell’s said “Now I am washing lettuce, pretty soon I will be on shakes.” I will at least give people 5 minutes of conversation without asking what they do. I am just going to take time and enjoy the conversation. Unless they are a complete idiot and then I have to go.