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[Lindsey]

Originally Posted by judy

Reaching your potential is not always work related, I think.

Thanks for that, Judy. I am content at my job. The money is enough, I can support myself, pay a mortgage, and have enough left over for travel and fun. It's not usually very stressful. I would rather work to live than live to work. I like that I have my stress-free spare time to work on being a good girlfriend, a good friend, a good daughter, a good "aunt" to adorable little girls, and a good "mommy" to Layla In a few years I would love to be married, I would love to have kids, and when that point comes work won't be the most important thing in my life anyway.

I sent a professionally written email to the recruitment guy with a cc to Scott's boss, saying I thanked them for considering my application but at this point I have decided to stay where I am. I let them know I would be open to future possibilities.

This morning I had received an email from the boss. Instead of the dear blah blah, regards blah blah , professional email I had written, I got a salutation of "Morning" followed by a paragraph of how unfortunate my decision is and he thought they offered me more experience than I could get here, and an abrupt ending of "May I ask what was the deciding factor?" The end.

I am not quite sure what to say, although I think I should reply. It really isn't anyone's business what the deciding factor was because the fact is I'm not going to take it. He let me know that I would just have to give him a simple yes or no with the offer, but I think at that time he was sure my answer would be "yes"