My boyfriend kept asking me to go camping with him.
- After almost a year of refusing him, I thought he would just give us and go without me.
I told him to have fun, and let me know when he got back and I would come over, but that didn’t satisfy him. He wanted me to go camping. One afternoon, he came to the house, and he was adamant about me going camping. He was tired of being the odd man out on the camping trips. Everyone else had their significant other, and he wanted me to go with him. He told me that if I wouldn’t go he would find someone else to share a tent with him. I shook my head and told him that was his choice, but I wasn’t going camping. He looked at me with tears in his eyes and asked why. I told him there was no HVAC when you’re camping. He couldn’t believe that was my reasoning. I explained I had asthma, and he never noticed because there was excellent HVAC and air purification in my house. I could go to a restaurant or on a day trip as long as I had my inhalers. I couldn’t go overnight, even with my inhalers. I would end up in a hospital before the weekend was over. When he asked why I hadn’t mentioned the HVAC previously, I shrugged. I didn’t want him to think less of me because of my allergies and asthma. He asked me if I would go camping if he could get a portable air conditioning unit and air purification system. How could I say no to that offer?