Overall living together has gone relatively smoothly, but there are some things we need to work on. We're having a couple issues.
1. Sleeping patterns. G is still a student and so it doesn't matter if it's 11pm Sunday night. He doesn't have anything the next morning, so why not stay up? I, on the other hand, have to work. And the apartment is tiny so even if I go to bed, I can hear pretty much everything that goes on, and I'm a light enough sleeper as it is so this is a problem.
2. Money. I'm working and he's not. He's searching but it's not easy to find a job so we're having some issues with that. It's stressful.
3. Drinking and smoking. We all know that I'm a big fan of drinking (currently working on a bottle of wine right now), but I don't ALWAYS do it and he does. If he has some cash, it goes to beer. And cigarettes. And I'm starting to enjoy the cigarettes so I'm worried. Bars here have smoking indoors so we go out, drink cheap drinks, and chain-smoke.
4. Laundry. He doesn't do it. Men are strange.
5. Cleaning. Same as the laundry, although to be fair, he's been doing dishes while I'm at work and tidying up a bit so I can't complain toooo much.
6. Pace. This is the biggest problem. We have different paces. I say I'll do dishes and I get up and do them right away. He says he'll do dishes and it takes a few hours. You have no idea how frustrating this is. It affects EVERYTHING. It drives me crazy.
Monday, August 17, 2009
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I love this! Men are quite fascinating creatures... I think age does eventually make them more cognizant of our wishes and desires for things to be tidy!
ReplyDeleteI see that this post was over a month ago, I hope you are adjusting more to the daily routine and not losing your mind over it.... Hang in there my dear! Things worth fighting for are always difficult battles :)