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J.D. Salinger ruined my reputation.
>Be me, twenty something lawfag.
>Get new law firm job.
>Talking books with a partner, when she asks for a recommendation.
>Well well, I finished J.D. Salinger's nine stories on the train this morning. You can borrow my copy.
>"Wow, anon. Thanks!"
>Go home and realized I heavily annotated 'A Perfect Day for Bananfish.'
>Each time Seymour confronts lost youth, lost innocence, I wrote "YES."
>Each time Seymour confronts lost youth, lost innocence, it is vaguely Paedophilic, esp. when he kisses the little girl's foot. When that happened, I wrote "YES!!!" and starred the page.
>Partner returns the book a few weeks later. She stares at me squinting.
>"Some interesting notes in their Anon. Want to talk about it?"
>I'm blood red, she thinks I'm a pedo.
>"N-n-no, it's not wh-wh-what it looks like."
>She raised an eyebrow in disdain and walked away.
>mfw when she hardly speaks to me at all anymore
>mfw J.D. Salinger ruined my reputation.
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>>9735813
>Each time Seymour confronts lost youth, lost innocence, I wrote "YES."
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>>9735813
why are lawfags so universally lulzy
it's like the worst shit always happens to them and it's always funny as fuck
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>anotating books
>>9735832
we work in the worlds worst industry
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>>9735846
We do. Have you thought about quitting Anon? Why haven't you?
I hate my life more and more every day, regardless of my pedo status.
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>>9735813
So, why did you write yes then?
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>>9735854
Youth evades Seymour
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>>9735850
I have. Happiest I've been since.
And, of course, poorer.
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>>9735859
Can you help me? What did you do/switch to?
I am dying to get out but I don't know where to go or what to do.
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>>9735859
I can't help you. You have to reach your moment of clarity for yourself. Friends sometimes tell I was brave for doing it but it's not breavery when you really don't have a choice - I would either abandon my dreams and objectives and keep doing something I hated, or I would leave the law world.
What I hated the most, though, was being forced to be a lawyer - serious and restrained, when I'm not like that at all.
Look, when you fell you've had enough, something will trigger you to leave. In the meantime, it helps having a plan, like I had, to put into action afterwards.
And best of luck, of course.
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>>9735891
No worries. My only question is, how old were you when you made the jump? Or if you don't want to answer that, how many years had you practiced?
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>>9735813
way to google thousand yard stare kid
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>>9735954
I left when I was 28. I'm 30 now. I wasn't a very good lawyer because I hated the people and the lifestyle associated with the law world, so I ended up not putting all the effort I could into my work. The same probably happens to you, in one way or another.
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>>9736014
It does, absolutely. Though I'm an associate and my work is sort of tertiary to the final product.
I am working on becoming a teacher.
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