Because Jarret and I are both self-employed, work from home and run a business together, although I personally have another contactor job of modeling, we spend 24 hours/7 days a week together.

The pros: We talk about everything.

The cons: I don't talk to anyone else about anything.

Pro 2: We have a friendship.

Con 2: I never miss him or long to see him. He's always there!

Pro 3: We can tolerate being with each other and our one son.

Con 3: Our son may grow up believing that this is "normal"

Pro 4: I don't have to drive. He drives me everywhere.

Con 4: I may have forgotten how to drive, and oh yeah! He drives me everywhere. I feel like a helpless, child again, who needs to be taken everywhere. Yes, to the supermarket and yes he drives me to the mall. And, if I have a job, he drives me and picks me up. Totally overbearing.

Pro 5: There are no more pros, all cons from this point.

Con 5: Being with anyone for 24 hours a day is co-dependent, unhealthy and insecure.

When we're apart, he's calling me on the phone. It isn't that he loves me ALOT, it's that he doesn't love himself ALOT.

I love being alone, with my thoughts, to share with him once I sort them out. I love being able to have a conversation with a friend and then tell him all about it later. I love being able to surprise him with lingerie or a poem, or a dinner. I love being able to miss him and then jump in his arms as if I I'll never see him again.

These are the best things about being in a relationship, and it goes out the door when a couple is together ALL THE TIME. These couples obviously don't know what "happy" is.

Krysti

modelkrysti@yahoo.com