Quote:
Originally Posted by mikemhg
I'm now invested in your love life, GS8. Thanks for sharing. I really hope it works out.
I've always been a doubter of long distance relationships, but that's mostly because I know myself. I'm a philandering bastard at heart, and I need my lady around me to keep in in check, if not... 
What cadence do you guys plan to see each other? |
I don't like long distance relationships but there's two things that keep me deeply invested:
1. The strongest connection I've ever felt to a human being. My friend was right in that looking outside of Vancouver would yield someone that I'd have more in common with than someone close by. She was a beacon that kept on blinking till I responded.
2. It gives me reason to travel and leave my bubble / routine. Being Filipino, she takes monthsaries seriously, so I make sure I'm there once a month for a 7-8 days. Since I have a decent job, the trip doesn't ding my wallet too hard but it's the memories we generate that are priceless and worth it. She bought two Ikea multi-photo frames and mounted them on the wall (8 photos each unit). Let's just say one of the frames is almost full.
Getting out of the bubble helps with mental conditioning so much. Your jumpstarting your senses and thus your brain. It feels good and motivation follows.
I won't lie, the more time I spend there, the more fed up I get living here but that's due to the usual culprits (namely cost of living). I viewed open houses in Red Deer last month and I could get a 5 Bed 3 Bath 3 Level house for $479,000 but the trade off is living in Red Deer which already has snow on the ground.
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by RabidRat
Damn. GS8 are you a professional writer? That is some fine prose.
|
Not professional but hobbyist in the past. Short story, poetry, even rapping.
I'll just say growing up poor in a questionable environment makes you grow up quickly and as you reach peak esotericism thanks to harnessing your individuality at a young age does the world start to show its gift to you.
But
sometimes (and even to this day), I do wish I could trade it all for living a life where I fall in line with all the other drones in society, raiding the shelves of consumption, parading in the waterfall of cold freedom, masking as diverse thought, then taking a trip to the dopa-mines, and never asking questions because I was raised right and I'll do good.
But them I'm reminded that my girlfriend fell in love with me and not that creature I sometimes dream to be so it certifies my notion that I made the right choices. Sometimes it's good to be outside the gates because you can't always feel the sunshine when you're suffocating from within the utopia.