What's on Your Mind

[InbetweenDreams]

@Rawr I think the general idea of being woke is good but people take it too far and start deconstructing everything. While I don't know how to fix racial problems or tensions in our country (the US) but I can acknowledge that we're doing better than we were 60 years ago, however, I'm not saying we should pat ourselves on the back.

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Well my boyfriend called me about an hour ago hysterical. Said he had quit his job and that he walked out after getting into a fight [argument] with one of his bosses. I'm totally fine with him quitting, I've been telling him for months that he needs to get another job. Of course, now, he needs to get another job. I told him to calm down, breathe and to take the rest of the week and just relax. He worked at an animal hospital in the kennel. I'm not certain of the whole story but it sounded like he or his co-worker forgot to give a dog its medication, and no, nothing bad happened to the dog as a result. His bosses, which are two lesbians, have a history of being complete cunts to their staff, demeaning, low pay, yelling and getting mad at staff over minor things -- a very toxic workplace. When I say low pay, they only paid him $10/hr up from $8 from a year ago. This is when every place around is offering more, some places offering $14...16 an hour. This is why I have been on him to move on. Today, he finally had enough. Plus he has a hell of a time with anxiety and so on so that compounds things. He's just not found his confidence in himself. That's the issue in my opinion. Of course I worry about him, I hope he can get on it and be able to follow through looking for and getting a job...He's got to be able to do that. I do worry because I dated a guy who couldn't be bothered to help himself and I can't do that again. I'm going to do my best to be gentle with him but still need to be fair to myself.