We've been dating for about a year; I know that's not long, but we're basically husband and wife in every way. I've genuinely never met anyone as compassionate, kind and wonderful as him. No one has ever made me happier and I love making him happy. He's 28, I'm 31; I do think part of it is age; and I absolutely hate playing that card because he is truly evolved/brilliant beyond his years, but I do believe there is knowledge about life that can only come from actual time on earth. I've been on it longer than he has and have had very different experiences.vI feel like it's a guy thing; every guy I know, their friend group is comprised of other dudes they've known since they were super young...I feel like that kind of friendship is one that would be able to survive a year away. I think it would do him good to get away from the people he's known forever (again he's told me time and time again they're super unmotivated and they basically don't challenge him in a way he wants his peers to) so he can maybe meet people as passionate and driven as he is. Austin is teeming with cool people and fun shit to do! He's lived in other places before so I don't know why this is any different. Ya, him deciding he's already going to hate Austin is really maddening.

My business could probably survive without him but he's just as excited about starting a business with me as I am with him, but I think he doesn't fully grasp the sacrifice that has to be made in order to be successful; running your own business is fucking hard! When I started my current business full-time I didn't see my own roommate for about two months. I really don't feel like a year is a long time to move away from home. The plan if we don't go is to still start the business but do it here. I know we can; we are two smart little turkeys, but it would just be so much easier if we had a year's worth of guidance from someone who's already done this. We live in LA and it's hella expensive; again he ran the numbers and he doesn't think it would be financially beneficial to spend this year away; but I do think what my sister could teach us could be invaluable. I'm stuck; I love him so goddamn fuck much and don't want to take him away from the people he loves and cares about...I know the arguments he makes are valid, but I am also someone he loves and cares about and I'm the one with whom he's building a future with. It hurts that he's choosing what's safe and familiar over a new challenge with the woman he wants to spend the rest of his life having adventures with.