'As long as there is love, that's enough' sounds beautiful, but when you really have to live, you'll find that it's just the beginning of a story, never the ending.
Love is very pure, but life is not.
When rent forces you to change addresses, when takeout becomes a luxury, when daily necessities turn into disputes, and even holidays become sources of stress, you understand: no matter how passionate the feelings, they cannot withstand the cold wind of unstable meals.
I once thought we could live on love. But reality harshly told me: when the fridge is empty, when the wallet is flat, and when even the bus card needs to be budgeted, even the sweetest kiss may turn sour because of the cost of a meal.
Romance has never been the loyalty of 'even if we are poor, we must love,' but the responsibility of 'I am willing to work hard so that you don't have to suffer.'
You say roses are too expensive, I say you don't love material things; you say Valentine's Day doesn't matter, I say you are emotionally stable. But in fact, you are just so understanding that it pains me, and I am too used to taking understanding for granted.
I'm not afraid of being temporarily poor; I fear being poor for too long, exhausting both of our good tempers. Those sweet words at the beginning will gradually turn into 'never mind,' 'whatever,' and 'as long as you are happy' after countless arguments about rent and anxiety over money.
It's not that I don't love anymore; it's that life is too bitter, leaving no strength to love.
So I want to work hard to earn money, not to buy luxury goods, but to allow love to have room for romance, to make the embrace not a responsibility but a relaxation. It is that we can finally sit down and enjoy a dinner without thinking about how to pay off the credit card at the end of the month.
Money can't buy love, but it can shield love from many storms of life.
You say you don't need a good material life, but I insist on working hard to give you one. This is not vanity, but responsibility; it's not to prove how successful I am, but to tell you: being with me does not mean always saving or compromising.
A good love should not crumble because of money; what I want more is a dignified and respectable love in the face of money.
Romance should not be extinguished by life.
