A bad dream in which I go meet with my friends to study, but end up just hanging out and he gets mad.
And when he wakes up, heās sad and angry.
And of course, I canāt be there.
So, I promise to call tonight. I call him to show him the outfits iām trying on for the ballet and he couldnāt care less. Then he starts talking about the politics and how much bernie is terrible candidate when he knows exactly how I feel. This goes on at least forever and a day until I mention how much the healthcare system needs to change because Dr. Ed is the most wonderful man in the world and is $20,000 in medical debt because his son has severe asthma.
And of course, his first question is,Ā āWell, what are his expenses like? I donāt know the guy so like maybe his lives in an expensive house or something.ā
Sometimes, I really canāt believe him.
I obviously get mad, so he changes the subject to kitties which is another sore subject and due to my irritation, I start going off about how he is incapable of putting down animals to the point of enabling abuse which of course isnāt gonna do any good, but I did it anyways.
Then, I just get really sad and admit that Iām overwhelmed with his constant sadness that I canāt do anything about due to the long distance which isnāt fair to him, but hell, it isnāt fair to me either! I am trying to balance so much right now and I cannot be in four places at once!! I can hardly do what Iām doing now!! And heās so sad and I hear about it every single day and then I feel guilty and then I feel overwhelmed and then he reminds me AGAIN for the upteenth time that heās SAD and he wants to SEE ME and he just LOVES ME SO MUCH BUT HEāS SAD AND SAD AND SAD AND SAD. WHEN DO I GET TO BE SAD? WHEN DO I GET TO BE NOT OKAY?
I know that itād be better if I told him, but would it really? Or would it just scare the living daylights out of him and then I get the whole,Ā āAre you breaking up with me?ā thing and have to pull back so he doesnāt lose his mind. When do I get to be sad without consequence?
He told me that heās okay, of course but I know heās still gonna be sad. I know he doesnāt think that I consider him to be a priority in my life, but I just have so much sometimes. And itās easy for him to not worry about whether heās considering me a priority, because Iāve always been understanding when other things come first. But heās always resented it when I choose something else over him. It might be completely subconscious, but itās there. What am I supposed to do with that? God I just donāt know anymore.
I know heās worried about me, but I canāt tell him how overwhelmed I am because the only thing that would help is to relieve the pressure and he just canāt do that.
I love him so much, but I just cannot tonight. I just cannot do it.