i a m r e a l l y e m o t i o n a l r i g h t n o w
i didn't get the hardcover pocket moleskin and rolleyball clicker moleskin pen like i wanted
but i did get an orange journal with quotes in like bubble letters in it
i just feel like i asked for a prismacolor pencil set and got a 12 pack of crayola
but my dad gave it to me, and he also got me a book of american short stories and wrote a note in it that he was proud of me
and my mom said there were more presents tomorrow, just like stockings full of candy and a few gifts from my grandmas
perhaps my grandma bought it for me
but i dnk i just really wanted it
and i was waiting for it so i didn't buy one for myself
its not like moleskins are cheap though
s o w h y a m i c r y i n g
these emotions probably have more t o them than a pocket moleskine
its just when i walked in the door my mom had to say my hair looked fluffy and short and then she asked how old dave's kid is now when she never talks to me about dave unless it was that one time she called me and said horrible things to me about us being together
and that was two years ago.
basically the last time she brought him up, it was to tell me she thought dave should be a parent rather than my boyfriend
she doesn't know its a sore subject for me because she never talks to me about my personal life/problems
it just put me in a terribly sour mood
my dad asked me if i had homework
don't say the word homework to me its an evil evil word
and then we sat in silence for ten minutes drinking coffee
no one asked me how finals went
or if i'm happy and what i've been up to
or why i was being a crab
why did they ask me the worst questions ever
when i walked through the door.
before i went to bed my mom asked me what she should get dave for xmas
i know he doesn't want stuff
he wants you to sit and have a conversation with him
but my mom bought sam's new lady something
so she said she felt like getting david something??????
hwo does that even work?? when you spent all night asking sam about her and saying "i love her already" and you refuse to even speak to me about a major part of my life
HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DEAL WITH THIS
tbh i thought this visit would be manageable, pleasant christmassy things and even maybe fun
i was actually kind of excited and if i never came i wouldn't know it would go like this
like they speak and suppressed feelings erupt
and dave asked why i'm always so nervous to visit them.
but every time i think maybe i can change these relationships for the better
but it gets lost in small talk and long awkward silences
its not like me to give up on something big and important
but its not like they ever, ever call
and then really listen to the answer
and they never have since i moved out six years ago
it used to tear me up inside, their lack of attention
and apparently it still does.
but the first time i went to college, i told them i wished they would call more
i was having a really rough time living on my own
and they did, once, after they said they would every week
so i never bugged them about it again
and went on a crazy-insane-destructive streak for a few years
until dave talked me back from the ledge
and i found out that real love exists.
not my mother's love, which can be manipulative, controlling, judgemental
not my father's love, which can be elusive, passive, and given through merit
not my brother sam's love, which apparently has diminished since i got into a relationship with dave and never even shone until about four years ago
not my brother alex's love, which used to be stronger but remains to be seen recently
because dave's love is eternal, fulfilling, nice, thoughtful, sacrificial, strong, calm, nurturing, healthy
when i'm with him i never feel not good enough
he constantly reminds me that i deserve things like love and happiness
he believes in me and my dreams (even the farfetched ones)
since the first day he's met me he's always been nice to me
he would do any favor i asked even when i dropped all my quarters for laundry down the vent and all my workshirts were dirty he gave me quarters and he said it like "of course i'd loan you some quarters" and i had only known him for a week
i didn't have a drop of self-love when i met him
love isn't telling your kids they won't be their dreams
or telling them they're fat
like i used to think it was
real love is listening closely, its accepting, its finding beauty in flaws, its letting others be as they are and not as you wish them, its honesty.
i got lost in translation dvd though
i'm going to watch it and fall asleep
it wouldn't play in my mac fghfd
so i finished a fic <3 :)
i feel david saved my life