Julie and Julia #2

Sitting in class yesterday, talking about blogs, an idea suddenly popped into my head. It was one of those ideas where you immediately want to sit down and write about it. Of course I couldn’t, so I stored it in the back of my head, now bringing it forth.

            Julie has engulfed herself in this project, which has many supporters. Even her crazy mother has finally succumbed to this adventure. But, Julie has one person in her life who supports he, but there is something very strange about there relationship. That person being her husband Eric. Julie and Eric seem to have a love- hate relationship of sorts. One minute Julie will want to be with him and just let him comfort her when she thinks she made a wrong turn. The next Julie “wants to bash his head in with a sharp rock.”

            To me, it’s a bit upsetting. Most of the time, these two people seem completely opposite but yet are married and in this heavy relationship together. In a way, it seems that both of them are just settling. At one point Julie explains that she and Eric never got around to the “breaking up” part of their relationship so they just got married. I feel like that is horrible and kind of demanding on both of them. Even though they love each other, it’s unfair because they are holding the other person back. Isn’t life supposed to be all about going out into the world, doing what you absolutely love, and being with someone who makes you happy? It looks like Julia and Eric are doing the exact opposite of that.

            Life is not about “settling.” Seriously, how can that make you happy? How can arguing all the time and sleeping as far away on the mattress from your partner as you can, make you feel like you’re worth something? No one deserves that!

            But, at the same time, people need to work through things. See, I have two perspectives on this whole ordeal. Sometimes there is a relationship that just simply does not work what so ever. The best thing to do at that point it to just break it off. But then there are those relationships that are like diamonds hidden very deep in the rubble. These are the relationships that are absolutely 100% worth fighting for. Julie seems to think that her marriage with Eric is one of those rare, beautiful diamonds. She can see the real beauty in Eric and visa versa. So to you, Julie I say, “Good for you gal!”