ccnaboy2000 Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 Today I'm feeling awesome. I woke up this morning, fed my puppy left for work. I got to work and sat down thought about my life for a few moments and what I can do to make my life better, since that's all I've been doing for the past month and half. So I called my boss and asked for a 20k a year raise to my salary and I got it! I'll get it in two bumps! 10k now, and another 10k added to my salary starting Q2 (3 months!). Lol almost 2x her annual salary (She was always jealous of my work situation) I also sold the engagement ring over the weekend and spent about 3k completely redecorating my apartment. I gotta say my place makes me proud everytime I walk in the door now! I've lost ~30lbs since the breakup 1.5mos ago, down to 205! I was 185 when we started dating 1.5yrs ago. I've quit smoking too. Life looks okay right now! And at the end of the day despite being a little bent and bitter, it's her loss. I always treated her very well, and she missed out big time! Take that "just a friend" rebound guy
EgoJoe Posted October 25, 2011 Posted October 25, 2011 The squeaky wheels gets the grease! Ballllliiinnng! You the mofoing man, dude! Make sure you ramp up your productivity as you work towards the next quarter. To justify the raise.
Author ccnaboy2000 Posted October 25, 2011 Author Posted October 25, 2011 The squeaky wheels gets the grease! Ballllliiinnng! You the mofoing man, dude! Make sure you ramp up your productivity as you work towards the next quarter. To justify the raise. I'm overworked as it is! But I'm lead design / network engineer for several projects and by q2 end those programs should be wrapped up which looks even better on my record
Doona Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 Thats awesome, good for you I'm also thinking of asking my boss for an increase as my work load as doubled in the last 6 months, I hope I get it.
Author ccnaboy2000 Posted October 26, 2011 Author Posted October 26, 2011 I think you are kidding yourself. This is your second such "look at me" post (one is enough). A few weeks you won money playing poker and proceeded to tell the whole website. I too have recovered from a broken heart and made great improvement in my life, but you don't see more screaming from the rooftops. Why? because 1) this website is full of people that are hurting. They want support not people rubbing it in their faces. 2) I don't care what my ex is doing. Will she met a guy better than me? Not better, more suited to her. I am far more concerned about meeting someone more suited to me and my life going forward, then what happens with her. I think you want to show your ex all these positive changes but you can't, so you look for validation on here (on a broken hearts website). Your post screams of insecurity and I think you are fooling yourself right now. If you were fully over your ex you wouldn't feel the need to post such a thread.. I would be very wary if I am you. Maybe I am looking for a little validation? But at the other side I'm posting because I am working very hard to change myself. What am I rubbing in peoples faces? Nothing. Does the breakup still sting... yes it does. But things get better if you stop dwelling on it 24x7 and take action. So is it wrong to share whats going on in my head / life post breakup. The things I've been doing to motivate myself and improve myself as a person? Because maybe someone else will read my post and be inspired to know that life doesn't end after a long relationship and you can find a little amount of happiness afterwards if you try.
Deano8888 Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 that is very impressive, really pleased for you man...... well actually I'm not because I am miserable at the moment and I want everyone else to be the same. Misery loves company you know. Worse thing is, is what you have done is what we all should be doing. Fair play to you
lorien Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 Like what you said, others may find this inspiring, and I do. I really liked that line at the end, take that "just a friend" rebound guy, except in my case replace it with girl. Even though I am going through a really rough time, it's nice to be able to go through the good things in life and know that somewhere out there is someone who is so much better for you. And even though it may be hard, you might as well try to be happy until you meet that person, right?
kittenkit Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 I needed to read something like this today - thanks! Life after breakup - marvellous. You've almost inspired me to get the hoover out. Almost...
LSgirl Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 thats very inspiring! i was even about to walk out of my house to go visit my cat at my moms house (something to do lol) but when I went into my Facebook, I saw my ex posting about him attending this Halloween concert (that he bought tickets for me and him) to go to, it was just one of those "attending" buttons he pressed and it shows up on the newsfeed, ARGH!
Thieves Posted October 26, 2011 Posted October 26, 2011 (edited) Very nice, CCNA! I don't totally agree with Jason that you're necessarily "screaming your success from the rooftops". I simply took it that you're glad to have been making progress so far after the break-up, which is good. Yes, people come here to grieve and vent about their frustrations with their exes, but that doesn't mean that no one's allowed to post how they're doing afterwards if they are actually doing well. It does give some people a bit of hope, which can go a long way when you're constantly in pain. I also sold the engagement ring over the weekend and spent about 3k completely redecorating my apartment. I gotta say my place makes me proud everytime I walk in the door now! Wow. I'm actually jealous of you. I'm a home decor freak and would love to be able to completely re-decorate my place. Edited October 26, 2011 by Thieves
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