This past weekend, I spent my time on the East Coast at The Boy's new house (which is awesome and so perfect for him). Since I was there Thursday night to Tuesday morning, I offered to help him with some of his home improvement and housekeeping tasks so he could go to the office and I could help with the mental and physical burden that goes along with turning a house into a home.
What struck me as funny was how even though I mentioned doing his laundry, he kept telling me that I didn't have to. I know I don't have to do it, I'm not under legal obligation or a salary contract to do so. With that said, I am the girlfriend and I truly care about this man as well as his comfort and happiness. (I wont even get into all the new age women who can't/wont cook or clean but believe they are the greatest catch ever in life and think their man should do all of that for her on top of making a six figure salary while writing poetry. Well, I won't get into it in this post at least.) Because I know how quickly the little things add up, it was a no brainer for me to do some of those little things to help ease his mind.
Something I didn't really expect to feel was such enjoyment in doing those tasks. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying that I want to become someone's full time maid, I dislike chores as much as the next person. I think what I felt was knowing that The Boy would appreciate the things I was doing and that making him happy makes me happy in return. In fact, it made me want to do more for him. I'm still an independent type woman and I'm not saying that I want to forego my dreams of being a successful business woman to stay in the house and clean up after my man all day everyday. Some people enjoy doing that and more power to them because I would go berzerk. What I am saying is that I didn't expect to get so much contentment out of doing such little things for one person. I guess I've grown to that point where I think of someone else's happiness as much, if not more, than my own. I can't wait to go back and spend time with him as well as do more stuff around the house because honestly, the guy needs some curtains.
