With graduation three months away, they needed to plan.
Actually plan—not just vaguely talk about "the future" but make concrete decisions about what happened when school ended.
Where would they live? What were their actual goals beyond "stay together and figure it out"? How did they navigate two separate career paths that might not align geographically?
They sat down on a Sunday afternoon with a shared Google document, trying to approach it logically like the academic project it kind of was.
Adrian typed out headers while Dante watched over his shoulder.
Adrian's Goals:
Apply to graduate programs (psychology), preferably local
Start career in research or therapy
Maintain relationship with Dante
Build independent identity beyond student/boyfriend
Dante's Goals:
Finish degree with psychology minor
Explore sports psychology graduate programs
Possibly pursue coaching opportunities
Stay in therapy, continue identity work
Build life with Adrian
Shared Goals:
Stay together
