New Friend
Just when I’ve about given up on finding a girlfriend on this little island and am thinking of moving back to the mainland, along comes someone on-line through instant messaging that’s got an interest in me. Turns out she’s a previous Bowen resident and eager to move back if the time was right, so it’s worth it to find out if we’re more compatible. All the usual stuff is there - we’re near enough to the same age and like the same things and have the same bad habits, but you never know until you meet someone if there is actual sparks, or if it’s just plain electricity flying over the internet instant messaging.
You would think it would be easy to meet someone on a small island, and it is in a general sort of way. I know a gazillion people from the year spent at the Pharmacy, but the cost of living here keeps most of the mainland single population away, and it’s a suburban high-income family type that’s mostly visible.
A good part of it also is that the percentage of people that can live with my views on money, especially on an island that is full of it, is very slim. Add in my thoughts that land ownership is just an illusion created by bankers and states/governments, in a place where “buying a piece of the rock” is a mantra for most, and we’ve got a dichotomy of sorts. So I just might be here for a while longer if there is someone around that doesn’t care if I don’t want land or money, this is a really nice place to live.