Hey TAY fam its been a while.
Everything is going good into this new year with the lady and I. Valentines day plans are set, she gonna have the house to herself for the weekend, its gonna be
.
However there's a few forks coming in the road and I need some advice on it.
Fork #1 (~1 year)
My GF wants us to stop being LDR. It's pretty reasonable that after 2 years (by the end of this year) an LDR couple would be seriously considering closing the gap. Maybe even moving in together.
I would like that very much however she is putting up some time constraints. She wants it to happen shortly after I graduate this winter. Could I look for jobs that would hire me right after graduation? Yes. Could I scrimp and save to make sure I have enough money for deposit, first months rent, and even a few months rent afterwords in case I don't get a job right away? Yes. It's all doable. But the reality is I'm not sure how much I want to live in Philly area. The idea of having to drive everywhere irks me. The idea of public transport not being available damn near 24/7 is uncomfortable to me. The idea of having to plan designated drivers seems stupid..given I can just take public transport. I could take Uber/Lyft/cab but why should i pay more than 2.75 to get home?
Fork #2 (~5 years)
My GF is pretty set on living a child free life and if not then adopting. We've had talks on the issue before and we've reached a compromise where we'd have one child of our own and one child that is adopted. That I could live with except she slipped a little caveat in there. She said if she gave me a biological child its 50/50 that she would want a surrogate. Not because she'd be too old but because she finds pregnancy abhorrent. I should be happy I'm getting a child right? Nope. I still might have to pay the surrogate, pay for artificial insemination, and pay for legal fees should the surrogate get attached to the baby. It all seems like a headache I'd rather not go through unless it's literally the last resort.
Fork #3 (??)
My GF and I have different life style goals for the future.
She wants an regular/average life. She wants a regular 9-5, a decent sized house in the suburbs, two cars, two kids, one or two vacations per year. "A regular type life. The F*** is that? BBQs and ball games?" (gold star for you if you know where that quote comes from). Maybe if she feels a bit risky later in life she wants to start her own consultancy business in her field.
Now me? I literally have no intention working for anyone else after the age of 30. I'm gonna spend my 20s getting contacts and experience then I'm out. I want to live in the Caribbean and grow a business there. Inject some of my skills into the region. Create jobs and opportunities for my people. I envision myself being a busy guy running my own business. I even want to enter politics in my later years. I can't see me doing the 9-5 for life, making a 401k, and retiring in Sunny Grove Gated Community, Bumblefudge, Florida. I'd sooner jump off a bridge than know my life was resigned to what I consider to be unfulfilling.
GIven all this NT. What do you think I should do?
Should I end it before these issues come to an end?
Or should I keep going and hope the situation works itself out?
Or just not even worry about it till the issue pops up?