True Or False: The Results!

April 2, 2009 | Filed under Life, Relationships/Men, Uni/Work

So, yesterday’s true or false April Fool’s entry brought up a hundred and one theories on why I could/couldn’t be in a monogamous relationship, and similarly, why I could/couldn’t work in a sex shop. To recap, some of the responses with actual justification and reasoning:

I’m currently in a monogamous relationship.

Pros

  1. Carmen: 1 is true because you HOPE people remember that you’ve broken up with the fella and that there’s no way you could be back in a monogamous relationship so soon.
  2. Ann: 1 is true. Not because I think you’re dating someone, you’ve just only got one regular penis handy atm.
  3. Erin: I could see the monogamy also defined as staying true to your relationship with yourself.
  4. Nadine: I’m pretty sure you’re only sleeping with the one boy at the moment! :P
  5. Kaylee: I’m not sure about the “relationship” part. But it seems very possible judging by some of your LJ entries!

Cons

  1. Darnielle: 1 is false, because your vagina is much too epic for just one penis.
  2. Skye: I don’t think you would get into a monogamous relationship right now since you plan on moving abroad so soon. Unless it is just monogamy without the wanting of long-term, in which case this would be the most likely option. Or he will travel with you (though I thought you wanted to alone). I *believe* you said in your break up post that monogamy wasn’t right for you right now, but I cannot check for sure right now as I am on my cell.
  3. Melinda: I read this post, and there was no update on the relationship front since then
  4. Stephanie: 1. False. You may only have one penis handy, as Ann said, but just because there’s one penis and one vagina doesn’t mean you’re in a relationship. FWB FTW!
  5. Macca: I don’t imagine that one to be true, you fuck around a bit. You’d more likely be in a polyamorous relationship. I was once…

I have an interview next week for a part-time retail position in a sex store.

Pros

  1. Jem: 2, but only because I can imagine you standing – dildos in hand – ready to serve people with your expert knowledge ;)
  2. Stephanie: I think 2 is true, because it sounds like a good job for you, and one you’d enjoy. Plus you kinda need a job. And going from maternity clothes to sex store — totally logical, right? ;)
  3. Melinda: I don’t think you’d be embarrassed or anything about working in a sex store.
  4. Stephanie: I would definitely not put it past you, but you do have another job right now anyway. I suppose the two wouldn’t conflict, as sex stores are good for evening hours, and your other job is just part time anyway. And I suppose you could definitely manage two jobs plus your studies, because you’re Amanda and amazing (duh). And I know you are interested in more cash for your big move (!!!), so I would imagine that yes, you would be.
  5. Kaylee: The job interviews you mentioned on LJ weren’t so ~exciting~ to say the least. But you are actively looking for another job, so it’s also possible.

Cons

  1. Skye: You just got a job. Albeit boring, you said that you wanted that entrance into your field. A retail store at all, let alone a sex store, would be a backwards step.
  2. Ann: You mentioned in your last post that you already had a part-time job… and what with your studying and the state of the economy, I don’t think you’d have the time to get another. I think.
  3. Erin: Not to say that I can’t see you working at a sex shop, I can!, but I doubt you would do so while living with your parents. I imagine that they would want to know where you were working if you were to get your new job. And while I know you are capable of trickery, I somehow don’t think you would create a whole fake company just to enable yourself to work at a sex shop under the radar.


Going from this list, one would make the assumption that the second is more true – that I’m going for a job in a sex store next week as the pros listed for being in a relationship are somewhat erroneous – having access to only one penis doesn’t mean you’re being monogamous on purpose, it just means you’re monogamous by default!

The truth? While both have elements of truth in them, the first is actually the true one. I’m in a monogamous relationship at the moment. The situation is somewhat hard to explain, but it’s basically FWB but with an added element of acknowledged monogamy (e.g. we’ve both said that if we sleep with anyone else, that’s grounds for castration), thus my breaking it off with other men that I’d been seeing. It’s been very intense. While I’ve known the guy for two and a half years now (he’s in my extended friendship group), it’s only four weeks ago that we started getting to know each other better, and two and a half weeks ago that we started being “together”. In these two and a half weeks though, we’ve seen each other every day for hours at a time.

If this was an actual relationship, they’d call it a whirlwind romance. We even went star-gazing at the beach once with a bottle of wine and hours of conversation and no sex, which is pretty date-like. Really, come to think of it, the only thing that distinguishes what we have from an actual relationship is our mutual reluctance to acknowledge each other as “boyfriend” and “girlfriend”, primarily because of the fact that I’ll be moving to the other side of the world in a year’s time. There’s no way I’d give up my plans to move for him either – even if it ended up working out long-term for us, I’d inevitably come to resent him some time in the future for holding me back from achieving my dreams of living in the UK, and that kind of resentment is the kiss of death for any relationship. Added to that, he knows that I also still have feelings for someone I met earlier this year, and getting into a love triangle is simply messy business.

So yes. I’m in a monogamous relationship. It’s not as bad as it sounds, honestly. We’re having epicly-long and fulfilling sex at least twice every time we see each other (and we see each other at least once every thirty-six hours!), so I’m actually having more sex now than I was when I was seeing a handful of different people. We get along well, and we have a similar sense of humour. It’s good fun for the time being, though I can imagine that when it comes time for me to leave, it’ll be hard to say goodbye.

But, jobs! Like I said, there was an element of truth in the second option as well. While I am now currently working part-time as a receptionist in the city in a field related to my postgraduate studies, the hours I’m getting (17 hours a week) won’t allow me to save up enough money for my move – to sustain my living (e.g. rent and board, petrol, train tickets, bills, etc.) yes, but not for me to add any substantial amount to my bank account before the move.

Hence, at the time of writing yesterday, I was actually looking for a casual retail job that will give me another ten to fifteen hours a week primarily on weekends so I can save more money. Today however, I was offered a well-paid casual weekend-only position at a baby store. I start in two weeks, so my financial situation is A-OK again. For the record, while I would have loved to work in a sex store, I do still live at home with my extremely strict parents – lying about a temporary three-week holiday is one thing, but lying about a permanent job in a sex store is another!

11 Responses to True Or False: The Results!

  1. I got it right but I forgot to justifyyy T___T Meh, I think I guessed it because of your recent lovey dovey sounding post about romantic scenes. :P But too late to justify now. XD

    Rilla on April 2, 2009 #

  2. LOL I fail, obvs we’re not talking enough TMI. But yay for semi-monogamous relationship!

    Tracey on April 2, 2009 #

  3. What a let down! >:(

    Macca on April 2, 2009 #

  4. Hurrah, I got it right! And hurrah, relationship! Sounds like it’s going swell :)

    Carmen on April 2, 2009 #

  5. All your fans that wanted to hear that you were now working in a sex shop shed a tiny tear on this day.

    Stephanie on April 3, 2009 #

  6. And what are you going to do if he wants to come with you to England…?

    Reply: It won’t come down to that. He has plans here, I have plans there.

    Stephanie on April 3, 2009 #

  7. I knew it. >:D

    Merinn on April 3, 2009 #

  8. Wow…so 1 is true. ^^ I kinda figured with you living with your parents, 2 would’ve been extremely hard to pull off. :P

    Noellium on April 3, 2009 #

  9. Wait… this guy… is he the 6 hour stallion?

    Reply: Heh, no, it’s not him. Someone else.

    Felisa on April 3, 2009 #

  10. Oh, wow, I suck. I read all those posts on LJ but I didn’t manage to put 2 and 2 together.

    Clem on April 4, 2009 #

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