Gotex or non-Gotex

We went tramping today. Mad! I know.

It was raining badly for the whole day, but there were 10 crazy dedicated people committing to go tramping rain or shine. What I learned? Gotex or non-Gotex doesn't make any difference in the end of the day in the weather like today! I was soaking wet and so were those hard core fully equipped hikers! The rain made the water level of the stream to knee high and we had to cross a few of them. After that, no one even bothered to avoid any mud or water puddles anymore.

It was fun after all!

"Guess what? When your gradchildren asked you, 'Gradma gradma, tell us some exciting stories that you did when you were young.', now you can tell them that once up the time, it was raining heavyly and... They will be so impressed and go 'Wow! That's so cool!'"

"Of course, they will find it amazing! Because by that time, they probably never heard about excercise. All they need to do is lying there and have a machine to stimulate all the muscle. No sweat or movements required."

:x :x :x

They both have had partners for more than 5 years and I was surprised at the reason that they stay together with their partners.

"Too lazy and too tired." They both said."You know? You have to go on dates, look for new people, go through everything again, go through honeymoon period, then adjustments, compromises and etc. Then you can tell if this new gf/bf is anything better than the current one or it's just another same-old same-old story. It might be totally waste of time and not worth it. I am not young any more and I don't have much time left"

Even they aren't totally happy or agree with their partners on many things, they stay because the thought of starting everything all over again is too overwhelming and daunting. Am I too navy or I haven't experienced enough? I feel sad for them as I believe that being with someone should give you the strength and bring the best out of you. It should be a decision that makes you happy and not because you are too tired to try again. However I understand their fear and discouragement.

I feel they are staying in the relationships for the wrong reason. But, that's how I feel. Each relationship is so different and if that's where they see their relationship going and accept that's what they deserve, then maybe it's not totally wrong for them. However, I deeply hope my relationship will never turn into like theirs because it's not right for me.

"Two more weekends!"
"Huh??"
"Then, he will be back!!! :D :D"