I know, I'm only 23 going on 24, but I'm ready! When I read blogs about newly weds or people engaged I cannot help myself and start dreaming about my own perfect day. In the last few months I've read hundreds of websites about wedding inspirations and I had some ideas myself as well. Also my family is throwing some hints. We are both graduated, got nice jobs, are already living together for more then a year, ... why not marry? 

The Geek is not ready, he doesn't even want to talk about it. It's not that I want to get married tomorrow, but I like to dream and I hate it when he doesn't dream with me. Moreover it takes at least one year to plan the whole thing!  It's like he is afraid of the future. A few weeks ago I suggested that we buy a small house, since we will both work in the same city and renting is more expensive in the long term than buying. Another idea he didn't like... 

He, or his parents? This morning we had a fight about the whole future-thing, and it turned out that he's afraid of his parents' reaction. They won't like the idea of us getting married or buying a house. I don't know why but for some obscure reason, they just don't like me as much as my parents like The Geek. The sad thing is that The Geek doesn't want to put up the energy to stand up for me... 

Do you know those personality tests that tell you what type of boyfriend you have? I don't have to take one to know: my boyfriend is a geek, a computer nerd, a squint, ...

The first thing he does when he wakes up is starting up his computer, only then he runs for the bathroom like normal people. After grabbing some cornflakes his pc is booted and the fun begins. I have absolutely no idea what he does on that thing, all I see are black screens with white letters and figures. When he comes home from work, he greets me and starts up his computer again. This does not necessarily happens in this order... 

He doesn't like shopping, but he likes to go to the trash park. While I try to get rid of old things, he brings back some more electronics. Once he came home with half a desktop, because 'you never know that it still has some good parts'. Great. In our appartment we have a shared office. My side is nicely decorated with books, his side has a desk and a table for his computerS, yes plural! He has a laptop, two screens and a desktop, and there's still room for more, he says.

To nice part: I rarely ever have computer troubles, I have access to the newest software programs (if I would want them), I don't have to be afraid of him meeting glamorous new girls, if I go out he won't even notice I'm gone: so a lot of me-time.

The bad part: he can fix a pc, but he cannot nail up a framework. Guess who put our IKEA-furniture together?  Sometimes it's like talking to a wall, maybe I should send him e-mails instead?

So, what type of boyfriend/girlfriend do you have?