THE SEVEN SEAS SINBAD CONQUERED
Early afternoon, after being busy doing my own things, I realized that my boyfriend still hadn't called me yet for the day. And with this, my first (and horrible) instinct was to get annoyed for not having to talk to him. I had been misscalling him several times, which is our agreed sign that would mean I want him to call me. However, he still hadn't. He wasn't replying to my texts either.
Being impatient about this, I couldn't wait anymore...and so, with the mindset of staying annoyed, I called his landline. This is now the part where I found out that he had no way of taking a cue from my misscalls, nor of replying to my messages, for he was out personally delivering items from their hardware and he left his cellphone at home.
After knowing this, all I could think of in my mind was..."Oh.". The annoyance I felt for him was suddenly gone and replaced by a positive emotion. I felt proud of him. And I felt a little guilty for being annoyed at him in the first place, when all he did was be useful and hardworking to help in their family business, while me, on the other hand, was just here at home lazily composing blog entries and complaining.
It isn't new anymore that my boyfriend, unlike other boyfriends, oftentimes need to help at home with their hardware business when he doesn't have school stuff or anything else to do. However, sometimes my demanding girlfriend side gets the better of me and takes control and makes it hard for me to understand the situation. I know I am lucky enough that even though him having to do work takes some of his precious time to spend talking to me on the phone, at least I'm sure my boyfriend's not the lazy type of guy who doesn't know anything about the real world but appear to look cool. I should just make extra effort to remember that and be proud of him.