Monica - Why I Love You So Much
You mean the world, ooh, and everything that I want for
Since I've been your girl, ooh, my whole life has been much better than ever before
You got a tender sweet love, yes, you do
That weakens me and takes over me whenever we touch
REFRAIN:
Baby, that's just why I love you so much
Baby, that's why I just can't get enough
Baby, that's just why I love you so much
I love only you
VERSE2:
Now you say that you're down, oh you said you won't play around
No, no not with my heart, and when your boys come around, no you're not disrespecting me, and not trying to be Mr. Wanna-Be-Hard
You let them know that I'm yours, yes, you do
By holdin' me and kissin' me , let's them know that for sure
REPEAT REFRAIN
Dom and I have been together for over 11 years, married for over 3 years. If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know that we've had our ups and downs. That is the same for every relationship I suppose. I'm constantly lamenting about Dom's lack of financial accountability. He's the spender in the relationship and has a habit of wanting to spend without knowing if funds are there to cover. It's been frustrating dealing with that and always having to be the one to cover.
I'm not saying that I'm this great money savant. I've made my fair share of mistakes with money. Over the years I did save up money to invest but instead of picking solid stocks from big name companies, I played the penny stock game. I stupidly held on to a lot of those stocks too long before they either reverse split to oblivion or delist and become totally worthless. I've lost tens of thousands of dollars over the years over that.
One big name stock that I wish was in my radar 25 years ago was O'Reilly Auto Parts (ORLY). The monthly adjusted price (post-split) for November 2000 was 0.89 cents which adjusts to around $16. The price of O'Reilly before it did a 15-for-1foward split on June 9, 2025 was around $1365. Can you imagine if I had bought 100 shares of ORLY in November 2000 for $1600 instead of chasing whatever stupid penny stock I was chasing at that time? Assuming I held those same shares for 25 years (which I may or may not have), they would be worth on June 9, 2025 a jaw-dropping $136,500. So yeah I made some more costly mistakes.
Thankfully though I did save money via 401-K and mutual funds over the years and that has helped me as well to slowly build a nest. Even when I was working at Amazon, I still tried to save $10 a paycheck in the 401-K there. Papa expressed to me early on about the importance of saving some of your coins for a rainy day.
From what I was told, Dom's parents taught those same things to Dom. But the lessons went to death ears...LOL.
But I'm deviating from the intentions of this post. I truly do love Dom. I wouldn't be with him otherwise. One of the things I love about Dom is that he's shown me time after time again how much he loves me. He's my biggest defender whenever I'm in a jam and being attacked by others.
He always asks me how my day is going. He'll make sure that I eat something when I work myself to death and not thinking about food. He will get random items for me to try and relieve some symptoms that I suffer such as my cold hands and feet. He's purchased electric gloves, slippers, back scratchers, whatever will help me for whatever ailment. He pushes me to go to bed when he sees me dozing off in the easy chair and tells me I need to sleep more.
I love his intelligence and common sense. But what I love most of all is his empathy for those that are suffering. He and I attended a Transgender Day Of Remembrance memorial that our Church was having to honor the memory of transgender men and women who lost their lives in various acts of violence. Part of that memorial is reading off the various names of the victims. Dom was one of the readers of the names. As he was reading the names and the various ways the victims were killed, I felt Dom's voice cracking.
We talked afterwards and he told me that it broke his heart to read about the deaths. He couldn't believe some of the murderers who had relationships with the victims. He wondered why they couldn't just break up with a person if they don't like a person anymore, why kill someone. He doesn't get all the violence that is going on and abhors it. That's why he never wants to watch anything that has the potential hint of violence.
Dom really is the sweetest most caring man I've been with. I do want him to enjoy his hobby. I do feel sad that his diabetes is taking the feelings out of his hands and feet. His neuropathy is getting worse and it's harder for him to enjoy his hobby. The smaller jewelry and shoe pieces on his dolls are especially hard for him to take on and off since he can't feel his hands.
Part of why I am shooting for financial independence is so Dom can get things to his heart content and I don't have to worry that we are on the verge of getting broke.
At the end of the day, I do love Dom and appreciate having him in my life and look forward to our continuing adventures
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