Joe and I have been dating for almost 8 years, yet I feel like I don't have a boyfriend at all anymore. He commutes for roughly 2 hours each day, on top of his 9 hour work day. That was crummy enough. Now, he is being made to work midnight to 9:00am. All of this is amplified by the fact that I work from home- a home that feels so empty now.This means that he goes to work when I'm getting ready for bed, and he goes to sleep when I'm waking up. Sure, we get a couple of hectic hours together where I'm rushing to make him a late dinner and he's rushing to get ready to leave for work ... but I'm basically back to being a single girl- or so it feels.
I've been looking at my home in a new way. I didn't have my own bachelorette pad for very long before we started dating, and eventually moved into a new place together. Now that I'm spending all this time alone at home, I kind of think that I should "Jen" it up a bit more. But sadly, here's the reality: what good is a bachelorette pad when all of your friends have small children that need to be tended to?
Alas, I'm in a state of flux.
Oh Jen, of all the rotten scheduling...that's awful! My boyfriend and I have lived together for only around six months, and don't tell, but sometimes I long for a bachelorette pad. And I know what you mean about friends being in different places in their lives. Boy do I know! Hopefully, Joe's schedule will change and you two will get some more time together, but in the meantime, Jen-ing it up a bit might make you smile. :)
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Oh Honey....I feel your pain. The Commander used to be gone for hours on end too....he too had a 2 hour commute each day and that sucks eggs!!
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You guys aren't ready to get married and make a change for your couplehood? I can understand that, but how difficult...
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