HGTV...

I suppose that as relationships progress, people end up discussing marriage and all that. In my own relationship, we don't really have that option unless we move away, you know? I mean, we could move to Cali and get a civil union (lame)...Or even a few other places that offer civil unions, which is more or less a slap in the face. "Here you go, queers, it's separate and unequal...Just the way we like it to be." But I digress...Phoenix and I have been giving it some serious discussion though. I mean, I'd like there to be something more to our relationship than just, "Oh, this is my girlfriend Phoenix." (Yes, that's how I introduce her.) Would you want to spend your life telling people that your significant other was your boyfriend/girlfriend? "Oh yeah, we've been together for thirty years now..." It's crappy and you know it.


In order to get married, we'd need to go somewhere that allows same-sex marriage. This really limits us because there's like, what five states now? Well, six if Maine votes that it's okay. So, we'd have to move to Iowa (Yucky!), Vermont, Connecticut, Massachusetts, or New Hampshire, and maybe Maine, depending on the vote (Those Prop 8 people better not be there!!). No offense to my relatives in Mass or anyone else who lives in those states, but that just blows! I'd have to move so far from everyone...It hardly seems fair, you know?


On the other hand, have you guys seen these places??? I've never been to the east coast, unless you count flying over it at like 30,000 feet on my way to and from London, England. (I know, it doesn't count.) I have seen pictures of parts of Mass because of my relatives and I have always wanted to go to Mass because my grandpa grew up there and used to tell the most amazing stories where he'd describe how green everything was there. (I grew up in the desert and moved to a new desert...I want some green!) So yeah...Phoenix and I started looking into these areas. We were curious about what the states were like, how much of a house we could get for money, cost of living, etc...


Vermont's cost of living, according to a couple of websites online, wasn't all that different than here, but then when I looked at people talking online, they said it's high to live there...Still, Ben and Jerry's is there (I LOVE ICE CREAM!) and look at this:



It's so pretty!


Then there's Connecticut, which wasn't bad....Still, the cost of living is higher, which blows. It's pretty too though. (And yes, I know...It's not all woods out on the east coast, but this is my blog and I'll portray it as I see fit...*grins*)




New Hampshire was also on the pricey side, from my research, but again...Pretty!




Of course, who could forget Massachusetts? I have relatives there, so it's not like I'd be completely away from my family, right? Plus, who wouldn't want to hang out at Walden pond? Emerson loved it so much...Side note- I'm not a fan of Emerson...He was so boring! Oh, and the cost of living, outside of Boston (It was almost 50% higher in Boston than here!), wasn't bad...




And lastly, there's Maine...I haven't looked into the cost of living there or the real estate because I'm waiting to see what their vote brings about...However, who doesn't love lighthouses?




I know, I haven't mentioned Iowa...That's because we don't want to live there. Who would? Look at this:



And this!



Yup, not moving there...I'll skip the hunting parties and tornadoes, thank you very much.


Don't worry...We're not moving any time soon. We're more or less trying to get a game plan together. If I could just write a best-selling novel, I could buy my dream house in one of these states, or so she tells me...I think it's time to stop letting her watch HGTV, well, House Hunters especially. The only time she'll change the channel is when the people are like, "Oh...We only have $1.5 million to spend." That's when you'll hear Phoenix bitch them out and mock them, as if they could hear her or would even care if they could. She got excited the other night when we saw some lady with a $80,000 budget. She found a house too...Good ol' Texas has places for white trash. I'd say, "Good to know" because it could be our back-up plan, but my understanding is that George W. Bush lives there, so I'm pretty sure they probably tar and feather and then hang gays...Obviously though, these aren't things you see on HGTV.