Sorry to all my RP partners for being a jerk face and not writing anything! It's the week before finals and I can barely function.
Promise to be back in a week and a half! Swear!
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May 7, 2014
Sometimes, my life is a bad romantic comedy.
My girlfriend wants me to move in with her. This isn't a huge step for us, we've lived together before and managed to not kill each other. It's just...a huge step for -me-.
I've never -not- worked. I've had a job since I was 16. Usually I have two jobs. For a little point in my life I had three (Working three jobs may be the worst experience ever). Or I just have one job and go to school full time. (But being a full time student -feels- like a job. At least...if you're a ceramicist. I'm not like a painter who just pulls artwork out of my butt 3 minutes before class (sorry painters, but I hate you guys)). Or a Biology student. (How the hell do people have time to party? I have to study!).
Wow...tangents...awesome...
So, my point is, in order to move in with my lady, I will have to quit my job (and even though I hate my job with a burning passion, I do -love- the health benefits I get through it) in order to move across the state. Then I will have to find new job. On top of finding new job, I also have to find a teaching job and be able to take time off if I need to travel somewhere for an interview (yeah, I know you can do phone interviews, but then they won't see my charming smile =P). Pluss I'll have to leave my sister and can't hang out with her or my nephew anymore (that's 75% of my genetic material right there! I gotta help take care of it. Well...not really...50% for my sister and then 25% of that 50% for my nephew. So it's the same genetic material used over again, get it?).
Gaaahhhh...I'm always like this, it's nauseating. I am a good representation of a woman's programming to stay near the home and her family because she wants to protect and care for the genetic code closest to her.
I've wanted to move away SO many times. But then...something comes up. The first time, it was because of a girl... instead of going to the art school I wanted, I went to a teaching college with my first girlfriend. The second time, also because of a girl; I wanted to do Teach in Korea (or Japan, or wherever they want me to teach English) but my girlfriend at the time begged me to stay because she'd be graduating soon and then we could figure things out together. The third time, my grandfather passed away so I wanted to stay home and be near my grandmother so she's not alone all the time. The fourth time, my sister got pregnant so I wanted to stay near her and help with the baby. And now this is the 5th time I've wanted to spread my wings and fly away...buuutttttt now there is another girl.
Why do all the girls I've dated have to be like 'Yeah! Go pursue your dreams!' But then, as I apply for jobs out of state, it becomes 'NOOOOOOO DON'T LEAVE ME!!!!!!'
Guh... I'm so whipped. Worst. Domme. Ever.
So...why is my life a bad romantic comedy?
Because while I'm weighing the pros and cons of moving in with my girlfriend, one of the major cons is 'Hey, when the hell are we going to get married?' We've been together for three years, are we going to get married one of these days? Ever? Why does it even matter?
Well, it matters to me. I want to get married. I know if I logically think about it, it's stupid, it's superficial. Being married won't change how I feel about my girlfriend now or then, nor will it change how I act around her. But...I want that extra level of commitment. I want to -know- that this is probably going to be forever, not just for now. And I guess I want to prove to my family, this is not a phase ><. ("Ayyyyyyyy Amy, bhat am I going to do wheat a gay daughter?!" I dunno mom, love her as much as you love your three other children?! "Ey! You will grow out of eet." Really? Cause I'm 27 and haven't grown out of it yet XD.)
So I ask Jackie this question: Are we ever going to get married? And of course, my darling girl, goes "That's a stupid question to ask."
WHAT?! STUPID QUESTION!? How is that a stupid question when you always say "Marriage is stupid". "Why do you want to get married so much?" "What's wrong with how things are now?"?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!??
"But...I -do- want to marry you one day..."
How am I supposed to know that? How am I supposed to know when EVERY time I try to talk about marriage, you tell me "Marriage is dumb" and "I never want to have a ceremony, it's stupid."
"Buggah of course I want to marry you! You're my girl. You know that episode of Friends... The one where Chandler tells Monica she doesn't want to get married in order to throw her off the trail so that he can surprise her when he proposes? I just say those things so that youl'll be really surprised when I do propose to you."
Oh. My. God. I hate you.
"See! You ruined it. Now you're going to be expecting me to propose to you!!!"
AAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
My life is a bad romantic comedy.