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Sounds about as fun as walking into an ambush-at least the bushwacking went well. Life is long, right up to the moment when you're praying for just one more day.
Headsprung

Mmm manager's favorite; good for you , however i sense:
-girl telling bad things about you to customers in order for you not to get dances as a revenge

-or some indecent proposal from management ?
-or any kind of crazy drama :)

That said it is good to see you are in love... As u said ur bf has a 9to 5 pm so i wonder how u find time i guess.Obviously it is very possible, i just feel, and that is my lone experience that for it to work it needs a good guy not loving you just bc you are pretty, and i guess a girl who doesnt have too much...

Having kids and so on does not make it very easy.

On the other end maybe you are not too high maintenance or dont have any gambling habits or stuff like that, that way you can take days off and have a good time with him.

My gf had so many bills u'd feel like she needed more money than Botswana itself and obviously it stressed her a lot and could not take more than 2 nights off max per week otherwise she said she was losing momentum at work...Not to mention her confidence in men due to her past was close to, well none... So i guess too many problems , not good...

So at the end of the day, though ill never criticize her it is a recipe for disaster and only leads to relationship that are not stable or great...It is sad to say but it seems to me that all the relationships i know that worked were the ones between a dancer who was properly managing her money so that it could be taken off the equation i guess and could be independant bc otherwise it lead to too much working or too much emphasis on money

Do you feel that way to or are you able to, i dont know, take a week off with your boyfriend somewhere on holidays or something ?

24 is still young but its passing by quite fast, im only a year older than u and i feel it now :(

Well i guess it is good you had a happy birthday,filled with love, as u mentioned one day in one ur blogs so many dancers are either having tons of family issues, with the wrong guy they pay everything for or sugar daddy so i guess its nice to see a 'normal' relationship without money.

I dont know what your experience or take on it is but there is only so much drama i guess a relationship can endure; work related drama is ok i guess but when in addition to this u have family,personal drama it is hard... It would be interesting to see what the statistics are but i'd say 6dancers /10 awld rather be alone, most men are the same to them, too much drama, only interested in sex from her or treat them like trophies...

So could it be the less drama you have th eebtter chance you stand at landing a healthy relathionship ?

I hope so !

Happy 24 again :)

Enjoy life :)

And get that degree !

Happy Belated Birthday, to paraphrase Housman, "When I was four and twenty., I heard a wise man say, (give money jewels and riches, but not your heart away.)" Do you realize how strange it sounds to a visiting Martian or European that your benevolent manager let you "work for free?" That was before the Evil Empire thought up the "independent contractor" agreement. And don't let the voices of cynics like me spoil one wonderful perfect day.

Happy Birthday!!!! You seem like a wonderful spirit. As a dancer myself, I rarely hear of others who love to read, listen to bjork(let alone know who she is), & can engage in an intelligent conversation. Justice, you are my breath of fresh air in this business.