I met my partner nearly 4 years ago. I loved our spontaneous nature of our time together. It was a very freeing and carefree time together.
I work a Monday to Friday job. He worked in a bar. His work days were mixed every week. His tried his best to keep Sundays off in his old job and when we first met he said, he never works on Sundays. Eventually his employer started to get him to work on some Sundays about once a month.
We were always spontaneous in nature in our dating and meeting up. There was never any stress or pressure in either direction.
2020 came and that was a disaster for our dating life. We don't live together. We did meet up from time to time to go for walks on the beach and take aways etc.
His old job in the bar went bang. Eventually he found new work and he's not long started. I'm happy for him that he's working. However there's a whole new schedule now. He has set days Thursday through to Mondays. Working Thurs, Fri, Sat, Sun and Mon with Tues and Wed off.
It's just after occurring to me that this will make our time together and dating life together a little bit more harder. Definitely the days of going out for a dinner or to the cinema together will be over because I will be free at weekends and he won't be free and then he will be free Tuesday and Wednesday and I won't be free.
Does any of that make sense? I guess the only thing for us will be a breakfast date. I am happy for him but I am also disappointed thinking into the future and next summer too. I know covid is still about. I'm looking forward to getting vaccinated and going nuts next summer. The idea of having opposing schedules fill me with dread.
His job is still new and my thoughts are still fresh in my mind, I never got around to talking to him and airing my concerns with him yet.