I talked to Will today. He's in New Mexico right now to look at St. John's College, he actually did that today. I wish he would get a cell phone or something. There are some really cheap pay as you go ones. I should just buy him one. It would be better for everyone. Anyway, his dad uses a cell phone for a house phone, so they brought that with them. I got a phone call from him, but sure enough, the battery ran out and they didn't bring the charger. So it died on us and we switched to gmail. He told me that he didn't get this one job he applied to. I've kind of been worried about this job actually. I mean, last year my ex left right at the beginning of summer. And it seemed like he was hoping to take off at the beginning of summer. Now, I really don't mind that he wants to get out of the dinky little town that is Potsdam. But seriously, you're going to college or to some other job. Why can't you spare your friends (and girlfriend) 2 more months before you disappear forever? I kind of think the only thing that's keeping him around is finishing school. I sometimes feel like he would have taken off months ago if he had known about the option to finish high school early at SUNY. And it's not like I expect him to stay around forever with me. I just wish he'd slow down. I know he's going to leave at some point this year. I know we'll be separated. I'm getting a sense of déjà vu, which I think isn't really that weird considering I had someone leave me last year too.
Yeah. So he told me he didn't get it. And expressed my sadness. But then he said something to me which seemed like he wasn't as sad about it as I had thought, so I also expressed a happiness because I half didn't want him to go. Then he said nothing. I'm afraid that he was upset at me. Even though I asked him, and he said no, I think I might have seemed a bit like someone happy to force him to spend time doing something he didn't want to.
I want to be together, but if he wants to leave, I don't have any right to hold him back. I mean this in both a physical sense and a romantic. My mom thinks it's a very American way to insist that couples have to be together 100% of the time and told me about how in my dad's country it's normal for a man to marry, come to the US, set up a life, and have the wife come over. She doesn't mean I should marry him, of course, she just thinks that it's be normal to sometimes be apart and sometimes together. I don't really know what I think, nor do I think it matters. I just know from experience that when I'm in love and separated, I don't function as well. But when I detach myself, I set myself for a better standard of living. That leaves me with some pretty silly choices, doesn't it? We could be arm in arm for eternity, which I'm positive I would get sick to death of quickly, no matter who it was. Not to mention, that is impractical. Second, there's misery for several years, they potential happiness. Note the potential. You never know if they'll find another. And third, I make myself apathetic the second he leaves. There's always the fourth choice which seems like it would be a little more prevalent this time around. The fourth is waiting also. But the difference between number two and number four, is that with two, the other has no idea you want to wait and with four it's mutual.
He said to me that he doesn't think it has to be necessarily over when he leaves. I hate regurgitating things like this. It makes me seem like such a mindless wench or something. But I guess it's important to me because last time, I was told that it was the end. It was like an execution date which slowly came closer as you watched, all the while knowing your head was soon to be cut off.
This is so fucking ridiculous!!!
I think I remember this song that said something like "If anything could keep me here, it would be you." Obviously that guy still left. Thanks for the last sentiment, right?
Plus, Becoming Jane was a really good movie, but insanely depressing.