The Playlist
By Kim Davis
“Why are you so against this?”
I looked at Patrick, my partner of four years, and resisted the urge to roll my eyes. We’d been having the same argument for the past few months, ever since he’d told me he wanted to move for our condo in downtown Chicago to a house he’d inherited in the northern suburbs. I didn’t want to move. Our Streeterville condo was in a great location and I loved living in the city. The thought of moving to the suburbs gave me acid reflux…and a headache.
When I didn’t respond to Patrick’s question, he kept talking, trying to sell me on the benefits of moving to the suburban three-bedroom, two-bath Victorian house he’d inherited from his late aunt. We wouldn’t have a mortgage since the house was paid off. We’d have a yard so we could get a
