Question South America

Did you have to spend this year's Independence Day alone due to the high cost of traveling lately?

raves +6   by TechnoZeus
Did you have to spend this year's Independence Day alone due to the high cost of traveling lately?
I haven't seen my wife in over nine months now. She's in Cochabamba, Bolivia, South America, where she is originally from. It has been pure torture for me this whole time, hoping that we will be together again soon. I had a chance to go there some time ago, but she said that there were things that she needed to get done there that should not take long and then she would return, and she asked me to wait here, so I gave up the house that I was renting for us to stay in which she had never even got to see, and I left Virginia and went out to help the Obama campaign so that at least I could be helping to protect the country that she loves so much while continuing my activist work to make the world a better place. An awful lot has happened since then and just recently she has told me that she is ready to come back, but neither one of us has the money and flights are really expensive right now... so I was just wondering. How many other people out there are also separated from someone they love and unable to do anything about it for lack of being able to afford the trip to be together.
Add Image Add Video
resize

* these fields are required to answer the question

I agree to the SodaHead TOS and Privacy

Loading Loading...
Question Closes: Jul 03, 2009 02:00AM GMTJuly 03, 2009 02:00:00
Top Comment
raves +5   by TechnoZeus

Answered Yes, travel expenses have kept me from being able to spend Independence Day 2008 with the one I love

I don't even know if she'll be able to find a way to see this, but I hope I at least get the chance soon to tell her about it.

*sigh* It's been far too long. I wish we were together.
view thread
Sort By: Raves | Date Comments
  • raves     [-] by Mr. Sock Puppet

    Answered Yes, travel expenses have kept me from being able to spend Independence Day 2008 with the one I love

    travel expenses spend independence 2008 love
  • raves     [-] by Xenon23 ^Robot for the Masses^

    Answered None of the above

    I spent it alone...well at the movies alone. I have been driving less to save for a long trip.
  • raves +2   [-] by TechnoZeus
    Yeah, those gas prices can make it difficult to save anything. Good luck.
  • raves     [-] by Xenon23 ^Robot for the Masses^
    thanks you
  • raves +1   [-] by TechnoZeus
    You're quite welcome. I hope your trip goes as planned... or better. :)
  • raves     [-] by Xenon23 ^Robot for the Masses^
    Me too.
  • raves     [-] by Rubi

    Answered None of the above

    i went camping with my friend and her family. i had lots of fun.
  • raves +1   [-] by TechnoZeus
    Cool. :) Glad you had a good time.
  • raves     [-] by Tudie

    Answered I'm single and chose to spend Independence Day 2008 alone

    I was happy when evening came !
  • raves +1   [-] by TechnoZeus
    I hope the day went well for you also... but I'm glad at least the evening was nice for you.
  • raves     [-] by Tudie
    I had fun on line the 4th evening
    the p.c.is good for something . lol
  • raves     [-] by TechnoZeus
    Ah, okay. :)
  • raves +1   [-] by edmo

    Answered No, I was lucky enough to be with the one I love for Independence Day 2008.

    I was getin my Honey! ;~)
  • raves +3   [-] by TechnoZeus
    Cool... as it should be. :)
  • raves     [-] by Marie55

    Answered I'm single and chose to spend Independence Day 2008 alone

    Don't anyone feel bad. I spend the 4th of July alone because I have no family left or friends.
  • raves +1 -1 [-] by TechnoZeus
    It's actually easier that way. I've always had some family left somewhere but I'm usually far away from them and I'm so used to it that it pretty much feels like having nobody... but when you give your heart to someone and they run off with it to another country, it may be metaphorical but the pain is worse than any physical pain I've ever known... and I used to have chronic sinus pressure headaches which make severe migraines (which I had less often) feel like a vacation. I keep thinking how nice it would be to fall asleep and not wake up... but I can't sleep. :( This is no way to live. Every day I keep trying to go on just so that I can do the same the next day in the hopes that some day the waiting will be over and I won't have to wonder anymore. I'm sorry that you have no family or friends to be with. I hope things get better for you.
  • raves     [-] by Mr. Sock Puppet
  • raves +1   [-] by Hussein Bear

    Answered No, I was lucky enough to be with the one I love for Independence Day 2008.

    On SodaHead
  • raves +3   [-] by TechnoZeus
    Better than not at all. :)
  • raves +1   [-] by d123lucy

    Answered No, I was lucky enough to be with the one I love for Independence Day 2008.

    Right Here on SH too!
  • raves +1   [-] by Hussein Bear
    You stole my answer!
  • raves +2   [-] by d123lucy
    Brilliant minds and Hearts entwined think alike!
  • raves +2   [-] by Hussein Bear
    Love You
  • raves +2   [-] by d123lucy
    I Love You More!
  • raves +4   [-] by TechnoZeus
    Nice... I like the way you two treat each other. :) Thanks.
  • raves     [-] by NZArkie08

    Answered No, I was lucky enough to be with the one I love for Independence Day 2008.

    You look sad on your video. I feel your sadness. I spent part of today with my Husband, and then he had to leave and go to work. We grilled hamburgers for lunch. But, our children are spread all over the state, and the price of gas has been preventing us from travelling to see them as often as we would like to. I have been off work on a long extended sick leave for 3 months, and as a result our income has dropped dramatically, making it extra hard to travel. I will call my children, and watch the fireworks on TV alone this evening.
  • raves +3   [-] by TechnoZeus
    I was doing my best to look happy, in case my wife actually gets to see it some day. She doesn't like to know when I'm going through a rough time.

    My wife is in the city where her daughters live, and her sister and brothers and parents. I have no family at all where I am. No home. No steady job. No sleep. Almost no will to live. Too much pain... and not enough options.

    If I'm suddenly not on here anymore, it probably means that I am walking across central america... again.
  • raves +5   [-] by TechnoZeus

    Answered Yes, travel expenses have kept me from being able to spend Independence Day 2008 with the one I love

    I don't even know if she'll be able to find a way to see this, but I hope I at least get the chance soon to tell her about it.

    *sigh* It's been far too long. I wish we were together.
  • raves +1   [-] by KayR~NBA-NO PALIN FVMA
    Just keep your hope alive. You will see her eventually. Just hustle and hustle.
  • raves +3   [-] by TechnoZeus
    Doing my best... but I'm living in my van right now to keep from having to spend any of what little I have on a place to stay, and that of course makes working even temp jobs that much harder... and I'm not used to the hot weather we've got here in Texas... so all I can do is keep trying until I succeed or it kills me. I just hope one of the two happens soon.
Author
Answers
Comments
12
30