So ... What do you expect someone to do for you, and what do you just do for yourself? I have two pretty great guys in my family, my dad and brother. I remember when I was going through everything with my foot injury a few weeks ago, icing it, and eating anti-inflammatories like they were candies. I was sick one night, and ended up staying with my dad and brother. After a full day of work, a doctors visit, a trip to the pharmacy to get my prescriptions, and a reluctant trip to a "goodbye" happy hour, I got home to my dads house only to realize he had no unexpired pain killers in the entire house. I was so exhausted and I just took a big sigh and collapsed in defeat onto the floor. Five seconds later my brother was in the doorway in pajamas shoes and a jacket with keys in hand. "What kind of pain killers do you need? It's a five minute trip to the drug store." It was Tuesday on a work night at 11:00 PM.
Last weekend I went to a baseball game with the guy I've seen recently a few times, and I noticed that he always opens the door for me. Car door or building door. I told one of my friends that he's done this and she said "Wow it's sad that this is something that is impressive now." I feel like its not that common anymore to find people who have this built in "take care of you" attitude.
I feel like now that I'm separating myself from my most recent exboyfriend (of four years) and reconnecting with my college boyfriend (of two years), I'm getting a lot more clarity about why those relationships didn't work. I'm not sure I'm in a place to jump into something, but I feel like I'm getting good at recognizing things that I like and knowing I don't have to deal with things that won't make me happy. And that it's totally fine to move on from someone who I don't think will make me happy.
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