The opportunity of my DREAMS!!!!

[MidnightFireflies]

OH. MY. GOSH. For lack of a better way to put it, I was "discovered" for a particular job I am so completely passionate about. I don't want to say exactly what it is for fear of a conflict breaking out. Just know that if I had to dream up a dream job- THIS. IS. IT. (no It's not porn) lol Never in a MILLION YEARS would I have thought this would ever happen to me. These people came to ME with the offer. I didn't seek them out at all. My world has done a complete 180 since more or less going downhill a year ago. I am looked up to, I am valued, I feel like SOMEBODY IMPORTANT. And for once, I HAVE A SAY in what happens. No longer am I a mouse in a wheel. I have become a leader and a teacher in something that I absolutely love and am passionate about. I will also end up on television. I feel so completely out of sorts being in the spotlight because I HAVE NEVER been in the spotlight. I was always the one everyone stepped on. Anyhow, I am so completely and freaking ecstatic over this opportunity.

Downside, the guy that I was interested in (LONG HISTORY INVOLVED) essentially said he wouldn't wait for me. Although, this hurts, I know I want this opportunity MORE. I feel that if I was so darn passionate about this, the right guy WOULD HAVE WAITED. Or at least waited until I figured out how I was gonna make it all work. No, this guy essentially said, you can't make this work and he needed to move on. What?! Really?! You didn't even give me the CHANCE. Nice. So while I am partially upset about this, I realize that this is the opportunity of a LIFETIME and I won't let a guy hold me back. No matter how I feel about him. It sucks because of our history, I have NO IDEA HOW to move on. (childhood sweetheart-long story)

Bleh... stupid men. I really haven't responded to him b/c I'm pissed/sad/irritated and it's better if I sit tight while things settle before I potentially say something stupid. I felt like this guy led me on after HE poured his heart out to me two months ago (He lives in a diff state) 

Anyways, I can't believe this is happening to me! This is the greatest opportunity of my LIFE!!!!! I am so excited!!!! 

[Moondancer115]

Congrats! That is so great for you! Always go for your dream. If a guy doean't support your dream than he isn't the one (my opinion )
Can't help but wondering what this dream job is! I want to know eberything all the time

[Maniah]

Congratulations! Very few people get to experience this! You are so super lucky! Is it a job in politics? I can't help also wanting to know lol. Human nature!

[Eviecorn]

Congrats on the job!  It's rare and fabulous to find something you love so much. 

Guys are stupid and flakey.  I'm sorry. 

[MidnightFireflies]

I can say what it is. I am just incredibly nervous about how people will react to it. If things get out of hand, I am requesting the mods to LOCK this thread.

I am a HUGE advocate of the outdoors. My mother was never a positive influence in my life, therefore she is not in it. My dad raised me. He was a GIANT advocate of the outdoors as well. I learned everything I know from him. I am an avid hunter and angler. *cringe for reactions* I believe in what I do because I do everything as ethically and humanely as possible. I AM NOT A TROPHY HUNTER AND I DO NOT ADVOCATE TROPHY HUNTING AT ALL. (If I happen to be hunting and a giant deer walks by, of course I will try to take it, but I take it knowing that meat is going into my freezer.) What I do believe in is education, respect for the game that is being hunted, respect for the outdoors, and promoting the ETHICAL taking of game. I use EVERYTHING I can from the game that I hunt.

While I respect non-hunters opinions, I am out to change the way hunting in general is viewed. You DO NOT go into the woods and see giant deer, elk, or trophy whatever it is you are hunting. I have been "discovered" for this particular purpose. The people I know represent the exact views and ethics that I believe in. We film what REALLY happens in the outdoors. The misses, the not seeing game, the fact that we hunt for a purpose-to put meat on our table and not for a GIANT rack, a place in the record books, or to have dozens of heads hanging on the wall.

This. Is. Real.

Most hunting shows only show TROPHY game being taken. And everyone that goes out ALWAYS gets something amazing.

What I believe in, and what the organization I now belong to believes in, is the taking of game-no matter doe, small buck, or even a trophy, and various other game, and EVERY ONE of those animals needs to be respected and celebrated. We stand to show the WORLD that the world of TROPHY HUNTING DOES NOT EXIST.

We encourage new hunters and young hunters and show them that we as professionals make the same mistakes they do. And not to be discouraged because they couldn't perform the way the the trophy hunters on t.v do. That isn't REAL. We miss, we don't see game, we work our butts off just to put meat in our freezer for our families. We respect our game, and nature as well. We believe in conservation. We believe in passing down our love of the outdoors and the ethical taking of game. We want this lifestyle to continue after we are no longer here.

Essentially we show how it REALLY is. It's about family, support, education, respecting nature, and putting food on the table, and NOT about a trophy.

I realize that some people will have the view of "why hunt when you can buy meat at the grocery store." For those people, I ask that they watch the movie "Food, Inc." I know exactly what my food has been eating and where it's been, and hasn't been pumped full of hormones and has free range.

Again, I do not write this to start a GIANT debate or argument. I do not want that at all. This is just something that I deep-down in my heart believe in.

The Pro-Staff that I now belong to believes the same thing, and we stand to show the entire world that what is now shown on T.V. is NOT REALITY.

[Cumberbatch2012]

Congrats!  I can't wait to find out what it is!  And about the guy, forget him.  You're right, the right person for you would have waited.  It'll be okay. 

[karrie91]

I'm happy for you! Though it's not my thing, I'm always happy to hear that someone gets to make their dreams come true. Forget the guy.. you might find your soul mate doing what you want! Don't waste your life with the wrong guy when you can be out meeting the right

Also, glad it's not porn 

[kiwimlp]

^ LOL.

Congrats, MidnightFireflies

[Whippycorn]

Congratulations. 

I'm totally against trophy hunting, but hunting for food is a different story. I know a few people in the u.k. hunt for rabbits etc. And I'd way rather eat a wild caught rabbit than a battery farmed chicken. I think teaching people to respect the animals and make the cleanest kill is a good thing, to minimise the suffering of the animal. I've seen Food Inc and buying meat in the supermarket is NOT the most ethical way, it's just the way people don't really have to think about the animals at all. 

And as for the guy, if he won't wait for you while you live out your dream... well I'm not sure I'd want him to wait for me.

[Maniah]

Living in Arkansas, I also know a lot of folks who hunt with the intent to eat their kill. I support your agenda! Maybe while you are living your dream, you will meet someone who shares it

[rayedelsol]

I think you are doing something outstanding! I live in a community where it is very common for people to go out and hunt their own food. It is more economical for them, as well. I think showing that side of hunting is a great thing!

And I'll second/third/whatever the sentiment that the perfect partner will be there for you through it all. I couldn't imaging my perfect mate
[my hubby ] telling me he couldn't wait for me.... or vise-verse.

[xkelpiex]

My cousins hunt and I looove to eat their moose and deer meat. I think if you're doing what you love, pooey on what others say! And congrats, I would love to have a job doing what I love. Either acting, or something to do with toys.

[kittybethy]

Wow!! Congrats on the dream job!!

 Forget the guy, follow your dream!

[Babushka]

You sound like my late father. Party on! Congratulations!

[Katika]

BIG congrats!  This kind of thing doesn't happen every day - ENJOY IT!

(And, for what it's worth, I'm a vegetarian due to ethical concerns.  And I support hunting how you do it and family farms 100%.  Totally not offended )