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Who Am I to Give Birth to Anyone?
Why won’t anyone hire my children?
I want to see my children work in good jobs and hang out with well-educated colleagues after work. I want them to be invited to parties in beautiful homes and hotels. It’s always been my hope for my children to meet spouses with college degrees and who would work together with my children to earn more than enough money to cover bills, a mortgage and other essentials. I’ve always imagined that my children would live in a suburb near the city or in the city center, living carefree lives, shopping on streets where wealthier people are reputed to shop and dine at.
Why isn’t anyone offering my children a high-salaried career by now?
My children are in their thirties already. My daughter has worked abroad, earning a meager salary for years and she hasn’t gotten a job that earns her even twenty dollars an hour yet since coming back from her last English teaching job in Turkey four years ago. She barely earns anything and I’m so angry about it. She’s not getting younger. Her hair may still be black and her face may still appear youthful but there is no denying that her body is aging. Time goes by so fast and I constantly worry that she will be forty and still single. I want grandchildren. I want my daughter to have someone take care of her when she’s old. Why hasn’t anyone come into her life yet to propose to…
