To meet my the Love of my life amidst the pandemic

Carleen Nagrit Start Date: May 28, 2021 - End Date: Sep 27, 2021
  • Czechia
  • Montenegro

My Travel Story

by: Carleen Nagrit Start Date: May 28, 2021 - End Date: Sep 27, 2021
I wanted to tell you how this all started. How our love managed to survive through this difficult times. It's been more than a year ago when I met my boyfriend. He's from Czech Republic and I'm from the Philippines, we're almost half the world apart. It was my first ever relationship as he was the guy who reciprocate my feelings towards him. We always communicate every single day, trying to get to know each other well. I found out he has Aspergers which make it very difficult for an emotional person like me, but because I love him so much, I didn't give up and instead I went ahead and research more about his condition. I taught him things about emotions and how to react to certain situations. We worked together and the results are amazing. 
We have 6 years age gap as he was 17 and I was 23 when I met him. I was hesitant to be in a relationship with him but he showed me how mature he can be and that he didn't mind my age at all. We celebrated some special occasions together like his birthday, Christmas, new year, and my birthday virtually. It's so hard and sad to think that you can't be with the person that you love so much to celebrate it.
A little more about ourselves. I'm a graduate of Hotel and restaurant management, it was my dream to work on a cruise line but upon meeting my boyfriend it all changed. 
My boyfriend's name is Rohnek, he's 18 and will be graduating this June. He is an IT student and he can definitely repair some stuff like phones, laptops and computers (I call him genius but he denies it).
We both wanted to move in to be finally together. It was going really well until a lot of stuff got in our way. I was able to find a job in a call center since that when the pandemic hit our city, a lot of employees have been laid off. It was great in the first two months until the holidays were done customers are depleting and so the clients decided to lay off some employees, I was saved but most of us can't even work full shifts and they are giving us mandatory time off. Since that I am spending more than what I am earning there, I decided to quit. And now, I am currently trying to find a work from home job. I tried freelancing, I was able to get some clients but most of them are one time projects only and I am trying my very best to find a more stable one but because of the competition and the platform getting a bit crowded since that most people do prefer to work at home now because of the pandemic, it was hard to earn some decent amount. 
My boyfriend has a part time job in an IOT company, he mostly do stuff like soldering and packaging and some other quality assurance tasks. Since that he is still a student, he only works once a week and not even a full shift on that day as it will depend on how many tasks are there for him to do. And now that he's about to graduate, he is trying to find a full-time job as his parents are going to make him pay for rent every month (4,000 czk to be precise). I perfectly knew how much his parents are abusing him mentally since that unlike me, they don't understand his behaviors because of his Aspergers. They view him as rude and ill mannered and treat him very bad. And the last time he told me what his parents did to him, that's when I decided to take drastic measures and find some more ways we can be together soon. This is why we really wanted to be together for us to be able to get away from our parents who constantly tries to rip us off of money when we don't have much to begin with. And now, during this desperate time, I can no longer tolerate how his parents treat him nor my parents treat me as their wallet, we decided we will do and find everything we can in order for us to earn the amount of money that will make both of our dreams come true. I apologize if this is something that is nonsense for you, but if only things were different, if only there's no pandemic and if only we both have loving parents who supports us, we won't come as far as this to ask for help to you kind strangers. Any amount donated is greatly appreciated and I will be forever thankful to each and everyone of you for every cent that you can spare for us. I may not be able to give something valuable in return, but you're free to dm me on my IG (@carliin_25) as I will give you a simple personalized artwork of mine as a thank you.
And if you want to know more or ask me more about our story and situation, I'll be more than happy to tell you more since that I tried to put here all the important details. Thank you all! In eternally grateful to all of you!!!
-Carleen & Rohnek
  • Czechia
  • Montenegro