My girlfriend's obsession with time-travel dramas is driving me crazy.

by caip8285 on 2012-02-29 18:23:28

Netizen "Rude Little Sheep" wrote: Sky is Always Blue, hello! My girlfriend and I were introduced to each other by friends. We've been together for almost two years now, and both sets of parents have been urging us to get married this coming National Day (October 1st). But deep down, I'm still not fully ready, and I feel unsettled. I do like her a lot, but she seems rather carefree. I am a simple person who doesn't like overcomplicating things. Since I was little, my mom has always told me that I should find a smart and capable woman to manage me. But now, she turns out to be even more childish than me. She's actually two years older than me, but looks younger. Her personality lacks stability, she's hard to figure out, and she absolutely loves watching time-travel dramas, which causes me great distress. Her fondness for time-travel dramas has reached an obsessive and entranced level. She's been criticized by her boss multiple times at work for watching these dramas. Often, she stays up until one or two in the morning watching them. Sometimes when there's no electricity at home, she goes to the internet cafe to watch and search for those kinds of novels. The thing that drives me crazy the most is that she often asks me to write letters to her and accompany her in playing various time-travel roles. She frequently pretends to be princesses and empresses, and she doesn't even call me by name, nor does she call me "dear." Once, when my mom came over, she actually called my mom "Old Buddha," leaving my mom speechless with laughter and tears. Sky is Always Blue, people these days are truly impractical. Watching is one thing, but she wants to act it out in real life. Is a woman as impractical as my girlfriend suitable to be a wife? Please teacher, help give some advice!

Sky is Always Blue's reply: Hello, Rude Little Sheep! In today's world where time-travel dramas are rampant, your girlfriend's fascination with them is, in itself, nothing to criticize, and is quite normal. However, according to what you've said, your girlfriend's behavior has clearly reached an obsessive level. In this world, many things don't become harmful due to the things themselves, but rather because of our own human nature. Even drugs aren't necessarily all bad; it's just that most of us can't control our use of them. Whether a person experiences happiness or pain in life largely depends on self-discipline and the ability to maintain balance. A person's self-discipline is the most obvious sign of their maturity. Therefore, on this point, Sky is Always Blue largely agrees with your view: your girlfriend really isn't very mature and is rather impractical.