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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Solo sick days
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Ugh. I’mb sihck.
Although usually I’m excellent at avoiding all the pitfalls that come with flu season, I find myself typing away with a stuffy nose, a disgusting cough and an inability to pronounce words without attaching b’s onto the end of them.
And although my mother has always described me as “fiercely independent” (a description I don’t always agree with) and I have seemingly proven her right through my ability to be content in my own skin, the one time I really want to be “in a relationship” is when I’m sick.
I’m lying here in fuzzy socks and an old t-shirt watching old episodes of Gilmore Girls wishing there was someone who would run out and buy me medicine or make tea for me. Instead, I’m dragging my sorry self into the kitchen to make my own stupid chai.
Sure, there are friends or roommates who gladly pitch in for an errand or two, but they aren’t the sort of people you feel it’s appropriate to impose upon for too long. Ultimately, although I miss the comfort of having a care-giver, I have to pull myself through injury or illness.
What are the other unsung benefits of being in a long-term relationship with someone? The things that no one really ever talks about but are sometimes the best? What are the things you don’t really appreciate when they happen but end up missing when you’re single again?
Have you ever dated anyone who put a lot of effort into your relationship (in ways you may not have noticed) in ways that weren’t traditionally recognized such as taking care of you when you were sick, etc.?
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