From Adulthood to Beyond Adulthood
Hey everyone, welcome back to Sunday Journal. This week has been great but the next is momentous. I’m stepping into a new stage of my life where I’ll have my girlfriend moving to Nottingham, UK. While the whole world has largely switched away from guys must be responsible for the girl’s life and must take care of it, being one of the main executors of this move, I still can’t mentally step down from the responsibility that I think I have. That’s why I call this from adulthood to beyond adulthood.
After living with one year of a long-distance relationship, I decided that I would not go any longer with that and thus we made the decision of moving her here. Of course, while this is a big thing for me, it’s huge for her. Imagine having spent your whole life in Malaysia, having friends, family, and your life back there, now you’re just gonna pack your bags and trust some guy who you know for 3 years plus and potentially live with him forever. It’s a bold move.
People around us are already celebrating how we can be married one day. However, contrary to what many may believe, this move doesn’t have so many pluses, it’s possibly more minuses. Moving in together is a new challenge, unlike once-a-week dates, you now have to endure your partner's quirks and habits daily, unlike living in your own rooms, you now share many spaces together, not to say all the challenges we may face in a foreign country. Of course, it’s bad, it’s hard, it’s just like everything else. Nothing is easy and I choose to take on this challenge. Even with just a slight possibility of success, I would like to take on this chance to live with her for the rest of my life. Still, I would like to thank her for taking a leap of faith with me on this path of uncertainty.
People say if you knew its gonna end, why choose to start it in the first place? I used to agree with this statement, but as I grew older, I realise in life you don’t live for the day you die, you live every day until you die. I will fight to prevent our love from ending, but if it ever ends, I’m glad of all the experiences and memories which we’ve made. If you want it, fight for it, if you lose it, it’s fine, you’ve gotten a lot on the journey.
To my love, thanks for marking our beginning to forever. Now, let’s make it work.
Andrew