what was I thinking?

[pillowfool]

why did I convince myself that moving to Dubai wouldn't be so hard? why did I make it out to be some kind of glamerous adventure? maybe if I had mentally prepared for it to suck as much as it does I might have thought twice about coming... or I would have figured out a way to combat how awful it feels to be here. but I didn't and now I'm stuck

Comments

[lucency]

it's so easy to focus on the can'ts and the won'ts. and it takes a LOT of energy to get yourself out of a fuck! beleive me, i know

[whimsical_cow]

Sometimes going through the rough, stressful, argument-inducing stuff together really does bring you closer and strengthen your relationship in the long run, even if it sucks at the time. We all have sides to ourselves that only come out under duress and getting to know that about each other is important, I think. Life hands us all stressful, turn-your-world-upside-down crap inevitably - the big difference is you chose to take this on instead of it being something that just happened. Rather than having the rug ripped out from under you, you gave it up, which takes a lot more courage than most people have