She, my girl, she don’t like being bored. No sir, she don’t. Always gotta be doin’ somethin’, you know? Keeps her busy, keeps her happy. That’s what I always say. Boredom, that’s the devil’s playground, ain’t that right? So she says, “I’m bored.” I say, “Well, what you gonna do about it?”
She’s a good girl. Works hard, you know. But sometimes, that work, it ain’t enough. She needs somethin’ more, somethin’ to keep her mind goin’. She gets bored, she gets grumpy. And ain’t nobody want a grumpy woman around, that’s for sure.
- She tries new things. That’s good. Keeps things fresh.
- We talk. We try. Talking is always important.
- She likes to go places. See new things. Keeps her mind busy.
- Sometimes it is hard, sometimes it is easy, and that is okay.
She don’t like just sittin’ around. No sir. Gotta be movin’, gotta be doin’. She says it’s normal to be bored sometimes. Long-term relationship, she calls it. Fancy words, but I get it. Like that old well, sometimes you gotta dig a little deeper to get the good water, you know? You gotta put in the work, or the well, it’ll run dry. And we don’t want that, no we don’t. We gotta keep that water flowin’.
She tried a new hobby. Said it’d help. Tried that knittin’ thing. Made a scarf. It was… somethin’. But she says that ain’t it. Too slow, she says. Needs somethin’ with more… zing. So we try somethin’ else. She likes to try new things, she does.
We talked about it, her and me. She says communication is important. Open conversation, she calls it. Sounds fancy, but it’s just talkin’, really. Tellin’ each other what’s what. She says sometimes she don’t know how to say things, how to explain what she’s feelin’. She says that’s why she seems boring. But she ain’t boring. She’s just… thinkin’. Lots of thinkin’ goin’ on in that head of hers.
I tell her, “Just say it. Don’t matter how it comes out. Just say it.” And she tries. She does. She tries to tell me what she likes, what she wants. And I try to listen. I ain’t always good at it, but I try. That’s all you can do, right? Just try. You gotta show interest, you know? Genuine interest, she calls it. That means you gotta really care. And I do. I care about her, a lot.
She likes to go places. New places. Says it helps with the boredom. We went to that big city once. Lots of people, lots of noise. She liked that. Said it was excitin’. She likes excitin’. Says it keeps things interestin’. We need to go more, she says. But it is expensive. That’s okay, we can go somewhere close. She will like that too.
We try to spend time together. Quality time, she calls it. Means no distractions. No TV, no phones. Just us. Talkin’, laughin’, just bein’ together. It ain’t always easy, you know. Life gets in the way. Work, chores, all that stuff. But we try. We make time. Because that’s important. She says it is, and I believe her. Because it is true. We need to spend more time together.
She says these changes, they’re good. Opportunity, she calls it. A chance to make things better. Stronger. She says relationships are work. And she’s right. They are. You gotta put in the effort. You gotta water that garden, or them flowers, they ain’t gonna grow. And we want them flowers to grow, don’t we? We want a beautiful garden. A beautiful life. It is very important. It is important for her, it is important for me.
We schedule things. Activities, she calls ’em. Things to do together. Like goin’ for walks, or playin’ cards, or just sittin’ on the porch swing and watchin’ the sunset. Simple things, but they matter. They make a difference. They keep her from bein’ bored. I like cards, I like the sunset, I like her. That is good. She likes the sunset, too. She likes to paint the sunset, it is pretty.
She says we gotta figure out what boredom means. For each of us. It ain’t the same for everyone, she says. What bores her might not bore me, and what bores me might not bore her. We gotta understand that. We gotta understand each other. That’s the key, she says. Understanding. Maybe she needs more love. I can give her more love. Love is very good.
She says I gotta take care of myself. Start with myself first. Can’t take care of her if I ain’t takin’ care of me. That is true. She is smart, my girl. She says a relationship, it won’t last if you don’t take care of yourself. She calls it true love. That’s a good thing, right? True love. That’s what we got. And we gonna keep it. We gonna work at it. Because she’s worth it. She is. And I am, too. We are worth it, together. We are a good team. We are good together.
So, she don’t like being bored. And we’re workin’ on it. Together. That’s the important thing. We’re in this together. And we gonna make it work. We gonna keep that spark alive, she says. Keep things interestin’. Keep that love growin’. Because that’s what matters. That’s what it’s all about. Love and happiness. And not bein’ bored. That’s the key. That’s the secret. And we gonna figure it out. Together. Because she is good, she is pretty, and I love her. She loves me. We are good.
