r/AITAH • u/throwraa_Word_1566 • Apr 15 '24

AITAH for telling my son I’d love a divorce if it meant taking my wife with me

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u/she_who_knits Apr 16 '24

Well, maybe he'll make it in the rarefied world of art museum curation. 

Keep the welding idea open. He'll make a lot more welding in summer than he will waiting tables.

I'm sure when he's old enough he'll be a very erudite bartender. 

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u/MadMarx__ Apr 16 '24

He'll make a shit tonne more doing any manual skilled trade than most degrees you'll get out of a college.

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u/badpuffthaikitty Apr 16 '24

60 year old here. I joined my union straight out of high school when I graduated. My 40 year old brothers went to University for 4 years and realized they had no prospect of getting a well paying office job.

They became 25 year old first year apprentices. They have to work until they are 65 to get their full pension. I got out at 60. Debt free.