Hello Cousin-Sisters,
I'm sure you were all anxiously awaiting my return to the Shah-Shank Redemption and the rest of the world. Wait no more, I am making an early entrance- tomorrow is my surgery exam, but I am here today. The last three months have been long, tiring and mostly unfulfilling. Today I had my oral examination- I drowned during the second half. Ripped to shreds. Still, must move on. The exciting world of psychiatry awaits me in January.
Sonia is getting a cat, huh? Odin sounds like a very literary name- no surprise there. What is everyone else doing these days? I'm going home on Monday, then back to Boston, then back to LA the second weekend of January. Ashwin will be in LA on onterviews, so I thought I'd pop in and introduce him to the family. (And to claim my gifts from India.) Why not, right? We've been together for a year, although I doubt we'll be together for another year. He'll leave for his residency, and I can't last in a long distance relationship.
Alright, gotta go. Thanks for the stress relief guys- I love reading the postings, they make me laugh.
Posted by Rashmee at December 16, 2004 07:36 PM Posted to Rashmeedude--do you want it to work or not? if you're not going to last with ashwin, why bring him home?? yes, yes--i know, you're going for dramatic effect. but seriously, what's the deal?
Posted by: Angilee at December 16, 2004 10:35 PMI second Jillee's motion - why bring the poor guy home and run him through the gauntlet if you think the relationship isn't going to last? That's not fair. Also, point two - don't bring him home and then break up - you know that everyone will be asking about him until you are 53 and have 6 kids. "What about that nice boy, Ashwin? Where did he go? You know, he was a doctor!" Why set yourself up for a lifetime of those questions?
Posted by: Preeti at December 17, 2004 09:41 AMI third the motion (rather late, I know).
Long distance works if you want it to work. Kev and I have been apart for longer than we've been together. Though the months apart have been hard, they are worth every bit of extra effort. And, absence DOES make the heart grow fonder.
Another fabulous example - Steve Tilley. Rash, you know him (tall, blonde, Sig Ep, looks sort of like big bird). He and his fiancee have spent the last FOUR years apart and they're getting married in May. They made it. If this relationship is important to you and you are willing to work on it, then it can last.