[American Entertainment] Dance out of my youth

"'Personal time'? What does that mean?" He frowned. "We can't really be together 365 days a year."

"It's true that you can't be together 365 days. But you -- you can still hang out with Harrison or somebody instead of always being with me."

"I spend more time with Harrison than with you." He muttered dissatisfiedly, "I know what you mean, are you starting to think I'm annoying?"

"I didn't." Grace also frowned: What the hell is this kid thinking?

"Then why don't you want to be with me?"

"It's two concepts, okay?" She said calmly, "I'm just saying we don't have to spend all our breaks together."

No, this topic seems to be crooked?

She reorganized the language, "Actually, I want to say that you will be more and more busy in the future. I will stay at Caltech for at least two and a half years, and you may be so busy that you can see me once in a few months."

Tom frowned deeply, "So?"

"You should get used to it—no, I mean," she struggled, not knowing how to put it, "anyway, we don't spend much time together a year, that's for sure. Going to Silicon Valley, I can't always follow you to Atlanta or other cities. To visit you, that's fine, but I can only stay for a week or two at most before leaving."

He immediately pursed his lips in displeasure: This is indeed a problem.Even after she graduates, she will have her own career, and she will still be very busy.So this is why many actors can't maintain a relationship for a long time. How can they fall in love if they always live apart in two places?The lovers of most actors are peers, or related practitioners, such as screenwriters, producers, directors and so on.

It wasn't that he hadn't thought about this issue before, but he was always optimistic that Grace was still in school, and he would talk about it after she graduated.But now it seems that he thought so at the time because he hadn't become a superhero actor, not a "superstar". Now, it is obvious that he will become more and more busy in the future and have less and less leisure time. The two of them got together There will never be as much time as there used to be.

In fact, there were not many before.

He suddenly felt a loss in his heart.

If both of them are actors, it’s not a big problem. They can try to stagger their working hours so that they can accompany each other as much as possible; but she will definitely go to Silicon Valley in the future, and she can’t leave the company and work to accompany him several months.

He sulked, realizing that the problem was unsolvable.

So, Grace meant that he had to get used to not seeing her?

But this-

He would have his own fun, and it would be nice to hang out with Harrison, but they were just buddies, not lovers, and he wanted her with him, or him with her.

He stammered and said, "I can, I can go to Los Angeles to meet you as soon as I have time, isn't that how many people come here?"

She smiled, "Yes. Is this okay? If you don't have any outside scenes, you can come to Los Angeles. We go back to London for Christmas, and you can arrange your own time to go home, as long as you want. If the school is on holiday, and you If you are working in other places, then I will go to accompany you. But if it is summer vacation—”

She looked embarrassed, "I can't go away for too long. But we can talk about this at a later time."

He reluctantly nodded in agreement.

"After I graduate—if we haven't broken up by then—"

Her words were interrupted by Tom, who had a look of disbelief, "Break up? What are you talking about? What are you thinking!"

"I'm talking about the possibility of breaking up. Just in case,"

"It's nothing 'what if'." He glared at her angrily, "Why do you talk about 'breaking up' lightly as if it's nothing?"

Grace was still very calm, "Think of all possibilities, you know that's how I always think about problems."

His eyes were red with anger, "No! You are, you don't believe in the love between us, you think of breaking up because you don't love me at all! I never think of breaking up because I love you , You love me too, but now, you make me no longer so sure that you love me too."

Shock!So he thought so!It seems that the dessert shop is not a good place to discuss this matter, she stood up, "Stop talking here, let's go."

Tom sat still, "Speak clearly before leaving."

Grace sat down, but quickly stood up again, "If you don't go, I'll go."

She walked out of the dessert shop quickly, and was surprised to find that Tom really didn't come out after a minute.

She walked to the window and saw him sitting there, sullen, propping his chin with one hand, and smashing the cream sandwich cake with a fork in the other.

She tapped on the glass.

He glanced up at her, then quickly lowered his eyes and continued to stare at the little cake that had been smashed.

She kind of wanted to laugh, so she did.

He caught a glimpse of her laughing outside, and became even angrier. He deliberately turned his head away from her.

How childish!Grace still finds it hilarious.

However, if the child is angry, let's coax him.She went back to the dessert shop and sat back in front of him again.

"Is this angry?"

"I do not have."

"How old are you?"

"20 years old - you!" He replied without thinking, and then realized that she was laughing at him again, and immediately glared at her angrily.

Grace almost fell down on the table laughing. "Some things are better thought out and agreed in advance. This doesn't mean that I want to break up with you, but—I was fooled by you and forgot what I was going to say. I just wanted to say that when I graduate , let’s buy a house in London, I hope you will make enough money to buy a house by then.”

Tom was stunned: "Buy a house?" This turning point was a bit big, he was still angry at her mentioning "breakup", but she actually changed the subject and talked about houses.

"Of course. Otherwise, it would be really inconvenient for you to go home when you come back to London. I will keep the apartment in Pasadena, but it is my house, and you have to buy your own house. "

He was full of joy, and immediately threw away the displeasure just now. "I think I can. You have read my contract. I can get an advance payment when the movie starts next year. After the movie is finished, we can go to the house together."

He thought it would be his and Grace's house, not to mention how beautiful he was: so she just said that casually, not trying to break up with him; why didn't he hear her finish?

He reflected on himself, and then remembered that just now he accused her of not loving him, would she be angry?He looked at her quite anxiously, trying to pretend that he hadn't said that sentence.

"Okay, when you arrange the time, I can take a weekend to leave for a few days. Which district do you like?"

He was confused, "I don't know, maybe I have to ask my parents which area is better. What about you? Which area do you like?"

"I don't care. If you don't want to be too far away from home, you can live in Kingston." It doesn't really matter which area you live in. They are not like most people who can only buy one house in their lifetime, so The location of the house will be very important, with convenient transportation and complete infrastructure nearby, especially if you have children in the future, whether it is convenient to go to school and whether the school is good enough.

Grace didn't think of "the future" for the first time until this day.

Tom Holland didn't even think about further things.

After returning home in the evening, he has been thankful that they didn't count as "arguing" today, and Grace didn't insist on asking him what she meant when she didn't love him, and he was kind of dodged.

Grace is really nice and gentle.He thought happily, if all goes well, at the end of next year, at Christmas time, the two of them will be able to live in his own house.

Grace had always been very clear about "money."They lived together earlier, and agreed on the basic fee AA; later, when they changed apartments, he was responsible for paying the basic fee: water, electricity, gas, property fees, etc., which were considered his rent.In fact, he doesn't really think about everything. He can still pay the living expenses of tens of thousands of dollars a year for the two of them.

Because she is usually not in school or in Silicon Valley, the expenses are really not big, and she doesn’t buy much luxury goods, and she doesn’t have any favorite brands, so he has to worry about her not liking anything when he wants to buy something for her, so he bought it for her It's just some clothes, there's not much to spend her money on.

She was not very interested in the jewelry that women like. He always bought her some messy gadgets, many of which were very cheap. Except for a pair of diamond earrings, he never gave her a more expensive gift.Grace usually gave him a watch as a birthday present. She felt strangely that a man needed a lot of watches. She said that David worked at home and would have several drawers of famous watches ranging from a few hundred pounds to tens of thousands of pounds.

She said it was because men don't have many accessories, watches are always needed.

That's right, he likes the watches she gave him very much. The sports watches she chooses are all suitable for young people. They are fashionable and suit him very well.

A house in his name!It sounds great!The home is nice, but it's my parents' home, so it's not very convenient, especially since there are three boys at home, and someone is always at home. It's almost impossible to take Grace home to do something indescribable.

He was already looking forward to the not-too-distant future, his own home.

Home.It sounds a bit strange, but... my heart is warm, full of joy, and eagerly looking forward to it.

When Nikki first heard her son say that she planned to buy a house next year, she panicked, and then realized that the cub had grown up and was about to leave the nest.

It's a bit sentimental, but it's inevitable, it's just a matter of when.

The next day, after Tom went out, Nicky and Dominic sighed for a long time, recalling what a cute baby the eldest son was when he was a child, naughty but cute.But in a blink of an eye, the little baby back then grew up and was about to fly away.

Dominic comforted him, saying, the child, it will not be yours when it grows up.He should also want to buy a house. After all, he has to live with Grace, so he can't always go to a hotel to open a room.Earlier, when his son went to Los Angeles to live with Grace, Dominic didn’t quite agree with it, but he didn’t firmly oppose it. The cub has grown up and has his own ideas. Objections will definitely be invalid, and parents should not be too fussy.He didn't expect that the relationship between his son and Grace had always been very good, and there was no sign of breaking up.

That's good, after all, who would be sad about his son's loss of love?

Nicky was sad for a while, and then began to plan excitedly. When it came to where to buy, she hoped that Tom would not be too far away from her, preferably in Kingston, preferably within the community, preferably not far away. More than 10 minutes walk.

Dominic quickly said, it depends on what Tom wants, but also what Grace wants, don't just make up your own mind.

Well, let's put aside the question of location for now.Then, Nikki began to plan the size of the house to buy, how many bedrooms, one master bedroom and two children's rooms are standard. By the way, will Grace be in the United States or return to the UK?

Tom was shocked: "Children's room? What? Wait!" He didn't even think about it!shocked!

Nikki was also stunned, "What? You talked about buying a house, but you didn't consider the 'future'?"

"Why do you have to think about things so far away now?" He wondered.

Nikki frowned and shook her head, "These are issues that need to be considered. I know it's too early to say, but have you asked Grace?"

"Ask her what?" Tom was still confused.

"Children's room, or, children."

"Children's room?" Grace frowned, "What do you mean?"

"Mom said—" He thought about it, and quickly changed his words, "You know my family is Catholic, they will think that I will get married and have children in the future, and I should have a 'family'."

"Oh! So." She nodded, "What do you think? What you are talking about is what Nikki and Dominic think."

"I think I need to have a family, but not right now." I'm still a baby! "But I need to know what you think, what do you think? Would you—" he thought for a while, "do you want to marry me in the future?"

"I'm not very clear about this, I haven't thought about it." Grace also began to think, "I don't think I reject marriage, but of course, it must not be now. I want to graduate first and get a degree."

Tom was relieved, "I think so too, wait for you to graduate first."

After thinking for a while, he said, "I want to marry you too, or should we get engaged first?"

"Why do you want to marry me?"

"Being with you is very comfortable, the kind of comfort without pressure. I am very happy. When I am with you, I will be happy in everything I do."

She smiled and nodded, "Me too. But you have to make sure you think it through. You—you're not of legal drinking age in the United States, you have to be very sure you want to marry me."

He hurriedly said: "I'm sure!"

"Do you know what it means to be married?"

He was not convinced, "You know what?"

"Marriage means responsibility. Your family is Catholic. You have to think about it. It's not easy to get divorced after getting married."

"Hey!" He shouted dissatisfied, "You always do this!"

"I'm telling the truth. The divorce rate in this country is as high as 40%. You can't guarantee that we can be married for 10 or 20 years."

He was deeply suspicious, "Why would you check the divorce rate when you're fine?"

"You don't need to look it up, it's all over the Internet."

He realized that he was crooked, "I mean, is that why you don't believe me?"

"No, I don't believe me," she said seriously, "I can't promise that I will always love you. If being with you is not as happy as it is now, I may be very annoying. Besides, there is no need to get married, If it is not from the point of view of joint taxation, marriage will not be more beneficial to you or me."

Tom touched his forehead in distress, "I knew you would think so!"

"Also, if a couple has been in love for more than five years, 5% of them will not get married."

He continued to doubt, "Where did the data come from? No! Why did you mention this?"

She suppressed her smile, "If we haven't broken up by the time I graduate, we'll seriously consider getting married, okay?"

He felt that this sentence was very wrong, very wrong, but what was wrong?It wasn't that she said "break up" again, it was—oh!He understood that it was Grace's attitude of "everything is under control". Her attitude was too calm and frank. He couldn't object to anything she said, and he never thought of objecting.

He bowed his head and thought for a while.

"I don't like to hear you say 'breakup'. Yes, I am younger than you, but I love you, and I don't have to live to be 40 to understand. Also, don't think that I don't understand anything if I haven't been in love before It's 'love', you always underestimate me." He looked stubborn and unconvinced, "I'm very lucky because I knew you early on, and I'm glad you are my first love——"

He asked a little confused: "I have never asked you, am I also your first love?"

She smiled and nodded.

He was satisfied, "I'm also very happy to be your first love. Isn't this good? We have known each other since we were young, and we will always be together in the future. Also," he glanced at her a little awkwardly and shyly, "I still want to know ,do you like kids?"

"I can't tell. You mean you want to know if I'm ever going to have kids, don't you?"

"uh-huh."

"I'm only 21, and I haven't thought about it yet. But I don't rule out wanting a child in the future."

He quietly breathed a sigh of relief, "I think so too." He felt that all major issues had been discussed, and a consensus was successfully reached, and he couldn't be more satisfied.

Grace would not think about marriage or children before graduation, and he will be very busy in the past few years. They will get engaged and married first, which will take several years, and they will think about having children after they are 30 years old.

He hadn't actually thought about getting married before, but Grace mentioned the house, so "marriage" became something to look forward to in the future.The advantage of being married is that they will "own" each other. Grace will add his surname to her last name, and they will become real family members, not just lovers; as for the disadvantages of marriage?There's no harm at all, okay?He can still have everything to himself, nothing major will change.

The author has something to say: *Both are children of a happy family, they don’t reject marriage, Grace is a straight-ball girl, Tom is simple, there is no obstacle in the communication between the two, if there is anything, I will definitely ask directly.

*The personality of the Dutch brother in this article is all made up by the author and me. What he will do, what he will say, and what he will think are all based on the author's personality design. It is inevitable that he is OOC, so don't take it seriously.

*The divorce rate should actually be calculated by calculating the total number of married people and the number of divorced people in that year, rather than the ratio of the number of married people in that year to the number of divorced people in that year that is commonly used on the Internet.

According to statistics, in 2018, the divorce rate in Britain, France and Germany was 2‰, that in China was 3‰, and that in the United States was 2.5‰.The UK divorce rate is showing a slight decline as fewer people choose to marry.There are more people living together without marriage in France.

中国新千年的结婚率自2002年开始逐年上升，2012年之后，结婚率从9.9%逐年下降。2012年离婚人数首次突破300万对，离婚人数逐年上升，2016年突破400万对，离婚率从2002年的0.90‰逐渐升到2017年的3.2‰。