Have you ever had a friend who you thought made a huge mistake? Like massive?
I'm not talking about a bad haircut that makes your sophomore picture horrible. I'm talking life-changing, marrying the wrong man, making a move that should not be made.
I have a friend who moved to Europe the summer after we graduated - she had lived in this city before and was desperate to get back. So after graduation, she got in touch with her old boss and took a job teaching. The first year was okay, but my friend did not have any education experience. She was not an education major in school, she hadn't really taught any classes before, she basically went into this job blindly. The first semester went fine, but the second one apparently went horrible, so after the school year started, she decided to give her two weeks notice and move back to the States.
That, I think, was the big mistake.
I can understand wanting to leave the job - she had basically been told that no one in the upper managerment cared about her problems, so she should just shut up. To anyone in the building.
But to leave the county, especially when she was so desperate to get back there? Find another job - pinch and save and stay there as long as you can because you loved that place.
I don't know how to approach her about it, but it's probably too late because she's been back in the States for about a week now. Complaining.
Complaining about living on her parents' couch.
Complaining about not having a car.
Complaining about not having a job.
Complaining about being home.
Still complaining about this old job.
I love this girl. I do. I know it sounds like I'm her frenemy, but I'm not really. I just don't know how to handle her sometimes.
Any suggestions?
