//HELL NO!//
Is it completely unreasonable that I have a strong urge to puke anytime my wife, the lovely Petite Filet, mentions anything about moving to Oklahoma? Is there something wrong with the fact that I am so against it?
“But there are benefits,” she says. “Not for me,” I answer. In fact, where I’m sitting, moving up there would be nothing but very bad. To wit:
1. Nearly her entire family lives there. They are fine to visit, but I would go Crazy Head-Bonking Insane if I have to spend any more time with them. Same goes for my family, but that situation is under control. Only my parents, sister/her husband and her son live nearby and we hardly ever see them.
2. Job opportunities are fewer; under no circumstances do I want to work for her dad.
3. My parents, who are about an hour away (and who we hardly ever see) are generally not able to travel long distances. Her parents are five hours away, however, and are able and willing. Why move?
4. I can’t compete with her family. I would basically lose her and our son in a swirl of family activities and obligations. This wouldn’t bode well for our relationship or our family as a unit. It makes me angry just thinking about it.
5. I don’t like Oklahoma. I’m not anti-Oklahoma. Just don’t like it. On a related note, I’m not pro-Texas, but that’s where we live and where we bought a house. When we move, I want it to be somewhere GOOD. Not somewhere that looks a lot like here, but with worse weather and dumber people.
6. I don’t want her dad to “help us out” all the time. Independence can be a good good thing. He’s a good guy and all, but let us pay for our own mistakes!
7. Never ever did we talk about this possibility when planning our lives. Sure, I’m open to new things and unplanned changes. I can be spontaneous. But if this was in her master plan she never let on. It’s unfair to pressure me about moving when I have strong feelings about it.
8. I hate being made to feel guilty about not wanting to live there. And I’m tired of her going up there for a visit and coming back with the same old line.
9. This isn’t me “putting my foot down.” That is wrong in an equal partnership. But I know I’d resent moving there, and that wouldn’t bode well for the relationship, either. I’ve got one vote; she’s got one vote. They cancel each other out. I’d just about move anywhere else, however.
10. I know I’m repeating myself, which also makes me angry, but I’ve got to type some of this out and cool off before she gets home Wednesday night. I’m sure she’ll mention “wanting to move” and “I hate Texas” and “it’s too expensive to live here.” These are things she dropped on the phone Monday night. AGAIN. Bottom line: it’s not going to happen. Not because I say so, but because any way such a move is sliced, it will stink. No, I’m not open-minded about it. I’ve given it lots of thought, and it only strengthens my resolve. Not going to do it!
I just want to barf. All over a map of Oklahoma. Maybe that would help? No, probably not.
