Jason – Whenuapai
“I last cared for my girlfriend this morning; we were unsure of the weather so I made sure that I grabbed the umbrella and raincoat for her to get to work.
I’ve been in a relationship with her for three years now and to me what symbolises a good relationship is respect, trust and obviously love. Just in the little things, you know? A woman’s day starts from first thing in the morning, so it’s just the little things we do for our ladies. The things that you know, you don’t expect anything in return and that you go out of your way for.
How I show my love for her is I do everything that she does as well, cook and clean. Whereas it used to be different for me, growing up. Growing up, it was my father going to work and my mum would be at home to keep the nest and times have changed now, and society’s made it where both couples have to work to usually get by and well I recognise that and make sure that I do the same as her around the house. I lived with a woman who was an alcoholic and that was very difficult. Just a very difficult relationship. It lasted for five years, and I recognised the symptoms or the signs so to speak, and it was just in the end I had to make a call and I had to leave that relationship. When she was drinking I could tell when she was turning. Any problems that occur now we’ve learned to use that problem as a tool to bring us closer together rather than divide us.
So we use it as a an opportunity to grow stronger in our relationship. The move to Auckland, or back to Auckland, she didn’t really want to come to Auckland. So there was a compromise where as I agreed with her and stayed in Tauranga longer until she actually could see the sense in actually making the move career-wise as well as lifestyle. I’m an electrician at the moment I’m building.”
