Great post and I think almost all of us feel your pain or have felt it at one point in time. I actually had a friend make a comment the other day to another friend saying that I fuck around online all day because she see's my MSN on for 12-16 hours a day. Luckily the friend that she said it to has a clue and told her it's my job and that I don't sit on MSN chatting to friends all day. Like wtf, she's been to my house, knows that I work online see's that I have shit. No unemployed person on welfare or EI or what have you (that is not retired) is not living in a .5 million dollar condo strutting around with Chanel, Louis Vuitton or Prada etc...My family as in parents know that I work online, it took a while buy they get it. The rest of them well it doesn't matter...

But to assume that I don't do anything or that I have the "easy" life or that their job is more demanding than mind can suck my dick! Just because I work from home doesn't mean that I can just take off and do shit when they ask, why? Because I am working. Sure my hours are flexible, but if you have a lunch hour at 1pm and want me to meet you and I can't, it's not because I am playing video games or downloading music...jerkheads! lol. Thanks for letting me release :P

i work from 8:30 till 6:00 sometimes

wow a bunch of disgruntled people, I'd prefer they not know what we do, not know how much fun we have in this industry and not know what a tight knit group we are

Because you have no friends outside of this industry, that's why you are not to concerned about having to explain! :P:P

Now how would she know your MSN is on for 12-16 hours day unless SHE was online 12-16 a day? Tell that friend she need to find a better hobby. Other people are jealous because they work at jobs they hate for crap pay and they don't have the freedom we do when we work.

Awesome thread, I go through this every day as well.

I sometimes even go till 6:30pm

To me that would be the greatest benefit of a 9-5... knowing that when you get off work, you don't have to deal with it until 9am the next day. Or in a few days if it's the weekend... or for 1-2 weeks if you are on vacation.

I feel that I have to bring my laptop everywhere I go on vacation so in case anything happens or if I need to update anything I can.

unappreciatedwebmasters.com !!!! :1orglaugh

there is so much truth in this thread. cept for the female part. My wife understands whan I'm working and leaves me in peace.

Exactly.

Wow great post. Sometimes I feel like I'm the only person that feels that way.

yep, get that problem all the time. before i moved i used to have my old friends come around any time of the day or night thinking i could hang out whenever since they think i can just work whenever. and sure i can to some extent but if i never work i never make any money.

thats one major thing they don't get. a lot of people can go into work, do their little tasks and fuck around the majority of the time but if we don't work, we don't make the money. for the most part its a commission based job.

also IM's is a good point. my girlfriend is always saying im chatting to whores and sluts on there but its just business contacts im talking to.

my friends used to get pissed off when i would tell them how much i was making (this was back in the early days) so i stopped. now i'll just make up some fake number about how much i earn and how much i work. its just easier.

Great post ... can I steal it for a blog ?

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that's just GREAAAAAT