go4it, in my positivity thread you mentioned how you like the life path you chose doing bartending and banging girls on cruise ships in casual fun flings . i did want to ask though if these girls ever look down on you, like do you ever feel they cant take you serious as a contender for a relationship? thT must cross your mind right? most men in thirties have grounded in a routine, career, hobbies, etc. not saying bartending isnt a career, but is it hard to get women to take you seriously? like ehat happens when your 45? will that single bartending life be lonely ?
Well, first off I'm not a bartender anymore, I'm a manager, 1 of 5 managers in a department of 95 employees, to break into management on a cruiseship is extremely difficult, once these people get promoted to management they stay for life most of them have been in the industry for 10 years plus before they get a shot at management, I broke into management very fast and I'm currently the youngest manager on the ship, so being a manager, I'm in a union, get a pension, 401k, and paid vacations, money wise I end up saving I would say 90-95% of my paychecks, all expenses are paid for, you live on the ship, so you don't have any bills, food is free, room in board, commute is about 2 min from my cabin to my workstation, so money wise depending on your position cruise employment can be very beneficial financially. In terms of girls, if you know anything about the cruiseship environment its exactly like college, all the employees live onboard so you have tons of hooking up going on between employees, it's unreal. So it's not looked at weird for a 35 year old dude to be hooking up, hell some of the higher ups onboard like the engineers, upper management, the mates, dudes that are 45 plus get some of the most prime girls on the ship. But you can find love on the ship as well, there are good women that work there, my last girlfriend was great, she was from Peru, couldn't ask for more in a girl really, but I'm just not ready to settle down at all, she wanted a family with me, but I still have a lot of personal goals I want to achieve before thinking about truly settling down. Truthfully if everything goes as planned I'll be retired by 45, I own a condo in Chicago, made some wise investments in my 20's (thanks to my dad), and my savings. So another 10 years of work I plan on liquidating everything and retiring overseas, most likely Thailand or the Phillipines, those places the dollar goes along way.