It's official!
After DAYS of telling my boyfriend that I wish we could spend Christmas and New Year's together, and him telling me he wants the same, we've finally arranged for that to happen!
I contacted American Airlines. They were ZERO help. They told me that in order for me to be able to change the return ticket, I'd have to pay a $200 penalty fee. Plus a fare difference, if the future return date turns out to be more expensive than the current one is. Paying $311 for a return ticket CHANGE is absolutely ridiculous, though. And one-way tickets for January 2nd were even more expensive than CHANGING the ticket was. But then I found a one-way ticket for $168, leaving on January 4th. Apparently, not showing up for your return trip DOES NOT result in a penalty charge. But changing your ticket does...? I'm super confused. So it would be A LOT cheaper for us to just buy a one-way ticket on January 4th.
But then he had a great idea...
Since he'd be returning in February and not leaving until late May / early June, there's no sense in sending him back home for ONE month. Especially considering tickets from February until late May / early June were ranging at $410. And that was the CHEAPEST. Plus a one-way ticket back home, in January, which was even more money. We were looking at $600 just in those prices. If we did his idea, we'd be together for EIGHT months. And that was something that NEEDED to be cleared with BOTH of our families.
Yesterday morning, I asked my father. He said it was okay with him, as long as it was okay with my mother. And since my mother is a bit harder to work with, I didn't know what she'd say. So yesterday afternoon, I asked my mother. She looked at me and told me that she needed some time to think about, and that she'd give me an answer soon. Of course, I was nervous about what her answer would be.
That night, Steven asked his grandparents. They told him, "Eight months is a long time. We'll have to think about it." Which wasn't exactly a comforting answer.
This morning, my mother told me that she had her answer. She said that he's more than welcome to stay for 8-months, but there will be "conditions" to him staying. It wasn't anything bad. I have to clean the main bathroom, once a week (Friday night or Saturday morning), for the entire 8-months. Steven has to play video games, with my father, whenever my father wants. And we BOTH have to play Phase 10 (This stupid card game), with my parents, twice a month. I didn't mind cleaning the bathroom. Steven didn't mind playing video games. But playing Phase 10 REALLY sucks. Regardless, I decided that those conditions were fine.
Shortly after that, Steven talked with his grandparents again. This time, he finally got an answer. His grandparents told him, "If you want to come back home, on December 20th, you can. But if you decide you do want to stay longer, then we hope you enjoy yourself."
Which means that my boyfriend is going to be staying 8-months with me. And I couldn't be happier. I get to spend Halloween, Thanksgiving, my birthday, Christmas Eve / Christmas Day, New Year's Eve / New Year's Day, Valentine's Day, Easter, AND our 1-Year Anniversary with the love of my life.
Only 23 more days! I'm so happy!
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