I am dating an up and coming musician. I have been for 3 years. We live together, and he makes me the happiest woman on earth. We've talked about marriage and it's in the near future. 

I do love him. He is sweet, talented, handsome, and not to mention my best friend. Everything is perfect when he's around.. Everything comes so naturally for us. I tell him everything, he tells me everything... I without a doubt have found the guy I want to spend the rest of my life with.. 

Ever since I was a little girl, I wanted children, a provider, and a big house. I wanted to cook and clean.. like a 50's house wife. I know it was silly to want that.. but I was raised in a typical all-american home. I was raised to want that security.

Well money and big houses isn't a big deal to me anymore.. I want to have a career... I want to have a social life. 

But I do still want a family & a husband that comes home to me.

Lately, my 'provider' has been over in the west coast recording & touring. I'm stuck here completely alone in the midwest. I go to University, to work, then home... and that's over and over again. Sure my friends help.. but I can't stop missing him. I feel like he's not even real anymore. 

Please tell me your experiences with musicians.

Tell me is it worth the torture? Or should I get out while I can and stop wasting time?

All I can say is... it's hard and with a baby.. it's harder. I had to leave my job to be a stay at home mom, because my bf also goes all over the world and schedule is non existant... so I could not keep a job and not have a baby sitter..and child care is expensive...and as you may know... the income is usually up and down... 

I am also a musician.. so I understand his passion and love for what he does.. I understand what drives him to continue to do it, even though it's so unstable.

As for you, you have to decide if this is what you want long run because it wont change...

Being in a relationship with the most talented man I've ever met is an experience I would never trade in or give back.  I too am going through the long distance stage and have in severe depression points considered that it may not be worth it.

However, my life is made so much better with him in it and everywhere I go I have reminders of our love for eachother and our commitment to "have eachothers backs no matter what" and I honestly dont think there is too many devoted relationships left out there so I'm sticking it out.

A saying I heard once "Dont leave cus you can't take it anymore, leave when you know you gave it all you got"