I recently went to help a friend who was going to be evicted if he didn't clean up his apartment. When I arrived, my mind was completely focused on what he needed. It turns out he was about to give me what I needed. He took one look at me, sat me down and said he was concerned.
"I have never seen you this heavy," he said to me. Knowing that I tend to gain weight when I am in a relationship, he asked, "have you guys been talking about marriage and having children?" Yes, that was a subject that had been broached.
It is a wake up to have someone who cares about you be a mirror for you. This was a mirror I had been looking in every day recently, on my own, but it is more powerful when someone else holds it up for you.
What is it about relationships that makes me hide, lounge too much and eat too much?
In the past, I have always run. Is it possible to stay? Is it possible to be in a relationship and be alive? Can I treat myself well and still be in coupledom?
It must be a possibility, right?
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
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