“My oldest son was a C-ish student at CC until he took a job at Burlington Coat Factory, the low end of low-end retail. Seeing what life was like for people without education turned him into an A student.”
My first job was at JC Penny, started at 16 at the local mall, lasted for several years and that was when I realized I didn’t want to do retail for the rest of my life. Started waiting tables while going to college. Your son and I have had a very similar trajectory in life, believe it or not. I even own my own car and 2 cats. Still working on the wife problem, too many break ups, not ready to go MGTOW yet.
My son hopes to move to the Big City, like New York or L.A., so he’s avoiding personal attachments. When he’s not at work, he goes out with his sister, who is going to college full-time after nine years in the military.