Love, Marriage and everything that happens in between

So i just got back from an amazing weekend with some of my fraternity brothers out on Long Island.  We were there to celebrate a major milestone that one of our brothers is fortunate enough to reach.  He recently proposed to his long-time girlfriend and is now engaged...and of course we spent the entire time talking about sodomy :/

It was amazing to see the two of them, and I did choke up a little bit.  I'm a little bit of a sucker for romance.  I really am.  Blame it on watching Disney cartoons for my entire childhood.  Who could turn up an excellent love story?  Maybe Shakespeare...because he has a funny way of having love work itself out.  But sometimes its nice to see things be that simple.  Who am I kidding?  It's amazing to see a love story that simple play out in real life!  How many times can we honestly say that any social situation in life is simple?  In my case, close to none.  I have a mini panic attack every time I have to text some friends to go out to the bar.  It's refreshing to see a simple love story actually play out.  It gives me hope.

Now I'm going to go on the "I want that to be me one day" rant.

I want that to be me one day.

See?  That was pretty simple.  I seriously really want that to be me one day.  And I know I'll have my own romance story.  It'll happen at the right time.  I'm not trying to rush fate these days.  I realize my goal of being married by 25 may not actually happen, and I'm ok with that.  I have a lot to do before I'm 25, and I can't put too much on my plate.  I also can't expect a relationship to pop out of nowhere in the next few years.  I'm just grateful to be seeing it happen for the first time in my life, and maybe I'll even get some pointers.  I've always been one to comment on other people's relationships and at this point I should be an expert, but I've seen more relationships fail than succeed.  I realize that I have work to do in front of me, especially since I am a 20 something in New York City looking for a real relationship (i think...:/)

I'm not saying to ignore the future because I do think it is important to keep relationships in mind.  It's why we do half of the things we do.  That's why we all go to the gym, keep up with fashion, care about pop culture.  It's a medium for us to find other people.  It's difficult to balance finding a relationship and a job and family, but it has to be done.  Life is too awesome (and other times to too stressful) to do it by yourself.  I know I'll always have good friends and brothers to keep me company, but we all deserve to find a little bit of love one day.

Also, there is the sex.

Working in Brooklyn

Ok so...working in Brooklyn.

It's like another worlds over here.  Who knew the difference between working in Midtown and Brooklyn could be so eye opening.  Being a native Brooklnite, I never thought twice about it but now I see the different sides of New York City that exist. 

I worked for a few months in Midtown and the idea that I got was that someone, somewhere was always having a meeting and no matter what you will always be  late/unprepared.  Also blackberries.....everywhere.  Brooklyn has a much more laid back attitude.  I see people on the commute who look a little happier and dress a little more down to earth (but still uber trendy and professional).  People aren't trying to work for the suit, but the suit works more for them.  I think that applies to most people in Brooklyn.  We make shit work for us.  I know I did.  I also work next to an art gallery and down the block from a Trader Joe's which is like amazing.  I just can't believe that there is such a strong cultural identity in Brooklyn that is the complete opposite from Manhattan.  If NYC were a holiday family dinner, Manhattan is the cousin who went to boarding school and is now a lawyer.  Brooklyn would probably be the cousin from the other side of the family who has an art degree and plays the mandolin.  I would probably party with both of those cousins...so its not the perfect analogy I guess, but w.e.

Anywho I can't wait to explore Brooklyn some more and tell everyone about it!