Your life, your choice
Interesting thread…. Not sure who wrote this, maybe Jean Cocteau? "L'amour, ce nest pas de se regarder dans les yeux, c'est de regarder ensemble vers la meme direction" which roughly translate as "love is not about gazing into each other eyes, it's about watching together to (toward?) the same direction", seems to me that you and your G/F may have completely different goals/objectives/dreams in life. If she dreams of mortgage/career/babies while you dream of working on and off and travelling… you have a "situation". Anyway, personally I will never let anyone, ever, dictate what I should or shouldn't do with my life; or do what is expected of me because of social pressure. It happened in the past and made my life hell.
One piece of advice is "be careful". I had many girl friends in the past who got "accidentally " pregnant by their boyfriends so that they could catch him. Men can be so naïve sometimes! Considering your G/F seems a bit controlling she might consider this "trick"!
And for the record I am very happily married and been together for >10yrs. We've always supported each other in any new wacky plan or idea that we may have, no matter how weird it was. He likes skiing, I like horse riding. He goes off skiing once a year with his mates and I go riding. So far I am the one ending up many (many") time in casualty after a horse riding accident!
Enjoy your life!
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