30 day blog challenge
Hmm, sounds interesting. Will try to answer all of these even if I don't think I really can with all of them.
Day 1: Current relationship
My current relationship is also my only relationship ever. I was a late bloomer so to speak and didn't really get into that man/woman thing until I was past my golden youth... I had better things to do with my life than run around on dates and hooking up like many of my peers were doing.
We have been together for 10 years and married for 5. We have a small son together who is 21 months old.
We met when I went abroad to study for my Master's and my husband happened to have just moved back to the city in which I went to school and as fate would have it we met on the first or second day I was even there. I don't remember which it was, but I do remember that I instantly liked him a lot and thought he was pretty great. Turns out he liked me, too, but it took a while for him to give in and let logic fly. He told me many times that he would date me if I didn't have to return to my home country after such a short time and that the only reason he hadn't already asked me out was the thought that we would have to end it too soon. I did not accept that and I did not accept him dating another girl and here we are 10 years later, married, house and a small child later :-) The first 5 years of our relationship was long distance. I lived in Europe and he lived in America and we saw each other twice a year when we could and otherwise were forced to use the slow and unstable internet of the early 2000s to communicate. I finished my degrees, got a good and rewarding job as a teacher and he got a culinary degree and worked for several restaurants and cafees before we were finally able to make the big move and get him over here. Since then it's been eventful and there have been some stumbling blocks along the way, just like in all relationships, but we are good at making the best of things together and we love each other very much.
Our current stumbling block is that he has a new job whose hours are made of suck. We hardly see each other and I am stuck tending the house and garden and take care of our son while our daycare is closed for summer vacation. It's exhausting and our son is running me ragged! My mom's advice is to just relax and enjoy the time with the child, but that is impossible when he leaves me no time to get anything resembling housework done and the cobwebs are beginning to look like they might be permanent inventory... I do love being with my son, he is great fun and he makes me laugh and smile and love so much that I sometimes think my heart will explode.
Day 1: Current relationship
My current relationship is also my only relationship ever. I was a late bloomer so to speak and didn't really get into that man/woman thing until I was past my golden youth... I had better things to do with my life than run around on dates and hooking up like many of my peers were doing.
We have been together for 10 years and married for 5. We have a small son together who is 21 months old.
We met when I went abroad to study for my Master's and my husband happened to have just moved back to the city in which I went to school and as fate would have it we met on the first or second day I was even there. I don't remember which it was, but I do remember that I instantly liked him a lot and thought he was pretty great. Turns out he liked me, too, but it took a while for him to give in and let logic fly. He told me many times that he would date me if I didn't have to return to my home country after such a short time and that the only reason he hadn't already asked me out was the thought that we would have to end it too soon. I did not accept that and I did not accept him dating another girl and here we are 10 years later, married, house and a small child later :-) The first 5 years of our relationship was long distance. I lived in Europe and he lived in America and we saw each other twice a year when we could and otherwise were forced to use the slow and unstable internet of the early 2000s to communicate. I finished my degrees, got a good and rewarding job as a teacher and he got a culinary degree and worked for several restaurants and cafees before we were finally able to make the big move and get him over here. Since then it's been eventful and there have been some stumbling blocks along the way, just like in all relationships, but we are good at making the best of things together and we love each other very much.
Our current stumbling block is that he has a new job whose hours are made of suck. We hardly see each other and I am stuck tending the house and garden and take care of our son while our daycare is closed for summer vacation. It's exhausting and our son is running me ragged! My mom's advice is to just relax and enjoy the time with the child, but that is impossible when he leaves me no time to get anything resembling housework done and the cobwebs are beginning to look like they might be permanent inventory... I do love being with my son, he is great fun and he makes me laugh and smile and love so much that I sometimes think my heart will explode.