# Could U succeed on a job U hated?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-u-succeed-on-a-job-u-hated/645077>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [December 25, 2012, 12:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-u-succeed-on-a-job-u-hated/645077 "2012-12-25T00:22:48Z")\
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**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\
**Post date:** [December 25, 2012, 7:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/could-u-succeed-on-a-job-u-hated/645077/35 "2012-12-25T19:39:34Z")

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> [@CCitizen](#):
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> Given that I live with my parents and they support me financially, I have to comply with their major decisions even at 43.

> [@How much should I work for a dubious blessing?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-much-should-i-work-for-a-dubious-blessing/620814/3):
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> If my parents support me, they can expect me to follow their expectations. I am 38 yo. So I pretend to work in mathematics.

Wow. I’m no mathematician but I can’t see how you got five years older in seven months.

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