I began my years of young adulthood around the age of 20, and am still working through the stage because I am only 23 years old. According to Erikson, age 20 starts the intimacy stage, where I will need to take risks in order to lose my ego-identity and commit myself to long term, lasting relationships. By the time I was 20, I was still in the same first serious relationship that had started when I was 17. I felt as though I knew what love was, but found myself wondering if the love I felt for my boyfriend was worth the pain I felt from us growing older and farther apart. I was working so hard in school, had 3 scholarships that covered all of my tuition, and a boyfriend that was 3 years older than me but still classified as a sophomore
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I moved from Orlando back to Statesboro, the city that I had once hated so much, to attend graduate school at Georgia Southern. To say I was not thrilled to be back in Statesboro was an understatement, but I quickly found appreciation for the city when I met and fell in love with the man of my dreams. Before moving back to Statesboro, I had promised myself that I would not start any relationships and the point of me living here was solely to attend school. That all changed when I met Patrick, and I honestly have no idea if I would still be in my graduate program if it was not for him. I was apprehensive when we first started dating, but I pushed myself to take the risk, and fully gave myself to this man. Besides my parents, Patrick is my biggest supporter. When I want nothing more than to give up, he’s right there beside me, pushing me to do more. Patrick attended culinary school and is an executive chef at a local fine dining restaurant. The very things that I place the most important value on in my life, are also the same things he finds the most important. We both want the same things in life. The bond that we share is the strongest bond I have ever had with an individual. The intensity of our love and commitment for one another is definitely something that I felt like I would never have with another person. We both understand that we want to marry one another and agree that we should once I have completed graduate
I moved from Orlando back to Statesboro, the city that I had once hated so much, to attend graduate school at Georgia Southern. To say I was not thrilled to be back in Statesboro was an understatement, but I quickly found appreciation for the city when I met and fell in love with the man of my dreams. Before moving back to Statesboro, I had promised myself that I would not start any relationships and the point of me living here was solely to attend school. That all changed when I met Patrick, and I honestly have no idea if I would still be in my graduate program if it was not for him. I was apprehensive when we first started dating, but I pushed myself to take the risk, and fully gave myself to this man. Besides my parents, Patrick is my biggest supporter. When I want nothing more than to give up, he’s right there beside me, pushing me to do more. Patrick attended culinary school and is an executive chef at a local fine dining restaurant. The very things that I place the most important value on in my life, are also the same things he finds the most important. We both want the same things in life. The bond that we share is the strongest bond I have ever had with an individual. The intensity of our love and commitment for one another is definitely something that I felt like I would never have with another person. We both understand that we want to marry one another and agree that we should once I have completed graduate