Imapilot2, you're absolutely correct on that thought. I was very ashamed on where my attitude had taken me. What lead me on that path was a very demanding, unsupportive home network. While people congratulated me on my accomplishment, I was made out to be a deadbeat dad. Eventhough I spent every precious minute of my 11 days off, minus commuting, I was still considered to be abandoning my child. This resulted in my attitude becoming very resentful and bitter over my situation. The problem has been rectified at home and my son and I are very much happier now, however now I still bear the guilt and shame of my previous actions and I accept it and deal it with it as they come up, like right now for instance.

Herb, I was referring to prior121's post of his hearing stories while working in the corporate office. After working many office cubical jobs I've become accustomed to the typical cubical, watercooler, breakroom gossip that pertained to nobody involved but all feeling they deserved to provide their two cents plus an added five cents to make the story more exciting, each time twisting the story beyond the original. That was my original reference.