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If I had to choose a favorite or noteworthy year, it would likely be 2004.

I remember these times as being more normal, tranquil, and full of nostalgic and fun memories.

In year 2004, I lived in a suburb within Knox County, TN called Farragut. This area was always known to be more upscale and more affluent. Many upper middle class families lived here. At that time, the town was not busy, bustling, or sprawling with people, yet it was not too rural and definitely not empty. It was just right I suppose.

I was around 10 years old and in the 3rd and 4th grades. I had a best friend named Nick whom I used to go over to his house and hang out. He had a PS2 and loved to skateboard. I was always jelly of Nick because all the girls liked him more haha.

Life as a kid was more simpler those days. We had technology but it didn't dominate our lives. I remember somewhere around that time iPods were cool. I remember Gameboy SPs and the GameCube. I loved to play Super Mario Sunshine, Zelda Windwaker, and Crash Bandicoot Wrath of the Cortex. Overall, we could find joy in playing outside while also watching cartoons and playing video games. I liked Codename Kids Next Door; Dexter's Lab; and Ed, Edd, and Eddy. This was also the era where SpongeBob was still good (it went downhill after the movie).

I remember I had an awesome, fun babysitter. We used to be goofy and make noises. I remember her showing me a website called farts. com that had a spoof video of Britney Spears called "Oops I Farted Again." We used to bust out laughing so hard we couldn't breathe and were crying.

I don't remember my parents struggling financially at that time. My parents were happily married and I used to play in the backyard and had a clubhouse which I learned later on my dad really built as a storage shed.

When I see my girlfriend I feel love and attraction. But I also feel anxious. Like very anxious.

When I do things I enjoy by myself, or with most other people, they feel more fulfilling. As my girlfriend usually judges them as teen stuff, and she doesn't really seem to enjoy most of them. She's just there passing time.

This doesn't seem with specific things, but most things. She seems to like activities where you are passive, rather than active. And social rather than creative.

Paradoxically she also seems to dislike engaging with most people, where I like to exchange with persons of all kinds. She likes to live more isolated, and I like to find my neighbors and talk with them.

She loses most friendships where I have very long term friendships. She says I only have friends because there are friends from school.

The bad part about this is that my girlfriend usually want to drive me away from the things that I like and enjoy most. Even from my work, she finds it unappealing where I'm highly passionate about it. It looks rather a lack of an appeal for everything that is not just buying stuff, dining out, and cleaning the house.

So it has reached a point that being away from her makes me feel good, and being with her makes me feel like I'm selling my life cheap. That I should completely change myself to be as this woman wanted, and that is exactly the opposite of what I enjoy.