My post included the clause "not to sound patronizing", which should have preempted/prevented the response you posted, or so I hoped. Nor did I "tell others what they should do" - I took my time to show you the entire sequence to demonstrate how getting a job / getting in school (I did not add volunteering, but riotgrrl recommended volunteering in her post which was much more extensive and detailed than mine and contained more practical recommendations) would contribute to your happiness.


I now think that if you reacted so irrationally and impolitely to my post, it might have been the case that you somehow caused the reaction of the guy that prompted the thread by having less-than-stellar social skills, although I do not have enough information to bolster this hypothesis.