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I've accidentally fallen hard for somebody who I only got to spend three weeks with before summer, a one hour time zone difference and a lurking ex tore us apart. Then the ex disappeared and I was more than happy to continue where it left off. I'm working for a company whose line of work means that there's a chance I could be flown out and could meet up, but my rate of pay is also very good so it's more likely that I'll get a cheap flight out instead once I've been paid enough. My only problem is that, well, I don't even know how to go about explaining to my parents what I intend on doing.

I'm not the kind of person who can just disappear with no questions asked, and I just can't lie, if I'm faced with a difficult question then I'll evade it but almost never lie unless I have good reason to. I'm studying German, I'd be flying to Germany, my plan is to kind of put it across as a good opportunity to speak the language informally and socialise with German people for a week, and that much is true, I just worry that if I bring it up they'll ask lots of questions. How do I go about this? Do I just up and leave and come up with answers later?

It's funny, I've told my bosses at work all about my wish to go over there and they think it's a really good idea, and they're friends with my parents too, so I've no idea why it's so difficult for me to just tell my parents the exact same story. I won't be lying, I just won't be telling them everything, because I don't think they need to know and I really hate sharing personal matters with people at the best of times, least of all with my parents when it comes to somebody I think I'm actually in love with that they won't be able to meet for a very long time, should it last that long.

Life's never easy, is it? Siiiiigh.