But anyways, back to this particular Walgreens receipt from Saturday. It kind of surprised me but then I laughed at the irony. It was mostly for Maybelline products. To put this in some context, on Saturday, we were on day 11 of a government shutdown which they are predicting could last into November. He is a furloughed government employee that has received his last paycheck until the government re-opens and although I don't know how likely it is, there are threats that furloughed employees won't get backpay this time.
During the last long government shutdown which lasted 35 days that we weathered together, we cut our non-essential expenses to as close to zero as possible. I can't imagine dating a federal worker right now and being okay with him spending money while his income is so uncertain on things for me, especially personal cosmetic products. At a time like this, I would be using my own income for all of my own expenses and minimizing or covering date costs. Maybe he has found someone as self-absorbed as he is. That would make for an interesting pair!
I have some curiosity about his life and his girlfriend because I kind of want to understand what he meant by us not being compatible. Although, if he is just mirroring her, am I really learning anything from observing him now? The ending was filled with so much chaos and confusion with his lack of communication that I'm left with watching these clues, if I want to try to understand his mindset. I hope someday I'll get to the point where I've accepted that I won't ever understand but I'm not quite there yet. But in the meantime, every clue like this is confirmation of why I'm better off without him. I'm definitely NOT compatible with what I have been seeing.
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