Chapter 10

“Daniel?” Yaron asked opening the door of his apartment. “I supposed you would be spending some quality time with your hot girlfriend. What are you doing here?”

“Georgina had some meeting at her school. I’m on my own for today.”

“That’s good, I thought you had forgotten you have a best friend.”

Daniel threw himself down on the futon couch. Yaron sat at his side. In front of them, there was a big flat-screen TV where his friend had been playing Counter-Strike. There were two huge bookcases filled with books, standing at both sides of it.

“How did the meeting between your mother and your girlfriend go?” asked Yaron.

“Better than expected. Georgina charmed Mom like a vampire. Mom seems to have done some growing too. She didn’t get all Jewish with her. Maybe, she’s seeing a therapist in secret,” Daniel joked.

“Most likely a Rabbi.”

“Yeah, that would make a lot of sense.”

“Why are you worried then?”

Daniel hesitated. His friend knew him like no one else.

“Well, things are getting serious too fast with Georgina. The other night Mom dropped hints about marriage and grandkids and Georgina didn’t flinch.”

“Okay. That’s a good sign.” Then he saw his friend’s face and added, “Or not.”

“I am a 25-year-old guy considering getting married, and I have this feeling like something is sitting on my chest.”

“Are you having second thoughts about your girlfriend?”

“No, Georgina is amazing and we always have fun together regardless of the activity. Most importantly, she doesn’t try to change me. She accepts me for who I am.”

Yaron nodded. “What is it then?”

“All of a sudden, I’m absolutely losing my mind. I still have so much I want to accomplish. I want to travel to Japan to play professional League of Legends, go backpacking through Australia, or visit Silicon Valley. I’ve never seriously thought about wanting these things before but I feel like a thousand paths are closing to me and I should rush through them.”

“You think you got afraid of being committed.”

“Maybe, Georgina deserves someone who is excited about getting married.”

Yaron rubbed his chin.

“I think you don’t actually want to do those things you suddenly thought about doing. If you did, you’d be doing them already. These things came up when you’re confronted with the possibility of spending the rest of your life with the woman you love.”

“Okay, Oprah, I’m listening.”

“You’re terrified of commitment and now that you and Georgina are getting serious, your jerk brain starts to wig out and spams you with all these ideas of things you think you want to do.”

“Sounds logical. Go on.”

“You think you won’t be able to do those things when you’re married. Right?”

“Right.”

“Wrong. There is literally no reason why you can’t do them while being married. You are young, you make good money, you’ve got minimal responsibilities ... the fact is, you’re probably in a perfect position to do them now and enjoy them with Georgina.”