Nothing will ruin a relationship for me faster than watching your partner showing up for other people in a way they don't show up for you. You have capacity, just not for our relationship? No thanks. Goes for friendship, too!
how could you NOT fall in love with reading and books and libraries and bookstores and words on paper and the escapism it brings with every turning page.
AND SUDDENLY YOU'RE 27 SITTING ALONE IN YOUR ROOM, PARENTS ARE GETTING OLD, YOUR SIBLINGS ARE BUSY WITH THEIR OWN LIFE. AND YOU REALIZE HOW TIME REALLY FLIES.
The real goldiggers are the men who expect you to take care of them, clean their house, wash and iron their clothes, give birth to their children, manage their emotions, and on top of that go to work and contribute 50/50 to the expenses.