Ranting On Early Retirement?!

As an undergrad, I bore the stigma of being an engineering student.  That wasn't easy.  Because among all disciplines, engineering was generally considered the nerdiest.  Even worse, I was an electrical engineering student.  That meant the engineering community itself derided me.  Can you imagine what it feels like to be scorned by nerds?  It doesn't get any worse than that.  But that was me.  Geek by association.  It didn't matter what I said or did.  I was typecast.

"Just like an engineer - focused on the details."

"Just like an engineer - analyzing everything."

"Just like an engineer - world's worst date."  (Wait..what?)

I lived with the humiliation of the engineering label throughout my entire undergrad.  And two years of the working world to boot.  And then...

High Priced Experiences

Okay, so get this.  The Rome Cavalieri (a Waldorf-Astoria hotel) has created a million dollar wedding package that actually costs a million dollars.  Here's what you get:

"...a private jet to Rome, the palatial Penthouse Suite with panoramic roof terrace and 'his and her' monogrammed linens, as well as a horse-drawn carriage...Brides are afforded the opportunity to borrow jewellery designed by Italian Princesses Lucia Odescalchi and Grazia Borghese!"

Yep, that's right.  They are so excited by the princesses that they actually use an exclamation mark.