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[jackofallgeeks]

I don't think I can really comment on This story about an
Australian man putting his life up for auction. Contrary to my
initial impression on reading the headline, he's not selling himself into
slavery. Instead, having recently split with his wife of 5 years, he's
selling his house and everything in it, his car, and has packaged in an
introduction to all his friends and a trial run (which can turn permanent)
at his job at a rug store. He expects to get more than $390k, the appraised
value of his house. After the eBay auction closes, he plans to walk away
with his wallet and passport and get on the next flight to anywhere.

Part of me can only sit and wonder at the kind of pain this guy must be
going through to overhaul his whole life like that...

Comments

[photoholic62.livejournal.com]

The thing is, 'no matter where ya go, there ya are...' so it's not really going to help, is it??

[jackofallgeeks.livejournal.com]

It depends on your definition of "help." Given time and distance and effort, you can work through the pain. And sometimes I think that taking a fresh start at things can be helpful, freeing. How well this works out really depends, as you imply, on how well he can let go. The question you pose is really whether this auction is either necessary or sufficient, and it's possible that it's neither.

[bsgnome.livejournal.com]

I just envisioned a Sci-fi plot in a world where the buying and selling of "lives" is a common-place occurance ...