Pay it Forward

Before my boyfriend became my boyfriend, and hell, even a good while after we started dating, I used to make fun of him. To his face. About him living at home with his parents, where his mom would pack him lunch everyday for work, do his laundry, and have a hot meal on the table when he came home from work. He paid no rent, did not really have any chores (other than taking out the trash and occasionally cutting the grass if he didn't some how manage to get out of that as well... aka his brother was out of town) and in my humble and extremely fair opinion, was completely spoiled.

Now we live together. And guess what? I make him a lunch everyday (for the most part), do his laundry (hey, I am doing my own anyway... what's another two loads?), and 5-6 days out of the week have a hot meal on the table when he comes home from work. Now, however, for him there is a rent check every month-and trust me I am one mean landlady so you bes get that rent to me on time, ya digg? and that occasional cutting of the grass has become a little more regular because I refuse to do it. Still pretty spoiled, though.

Funny, isn't it? I am a total hypocrite.

But listen up- I am a changed woman! I have seen the light! I know the error of my ways! I have found Jesus!

Just kidding. But seriously, I get it now. Call me a freak, call me regressive, whatever. I have come to discover that I enjoy taking care of people I love. Doing laundry used to be a horrible task too awful to think about. Clothes would sit in my dryer for months, forgotten about, only to be taken out, judged too wrinkly and thrown in the washer again. And cooking for one was a nightmare. You can not make anything for one without having massive amounts of left-overs and let me tell you, people, I am NOT a fan of left-overs, especially if they weren't that good the first time around. But now, that is all different. I serve a purpose, I have meaning, someone depends on me and it feels good. I know he could do all of this stuff on his own, but I enjoy doing it because I enjoy making him happy. And, actually, it is completely selfish of me because I get enjoyment out of the whole thing...

In any case, it doesn't hurt to pay it forward.