Wow, thank you guys! I honestly didn't expect such thorough and detailed responses! I truly appreciate it!
Climate doesn't bother me much. I've lived my life being a military child so I've lived in basically any climate possible. My least favorite is snow and I think I'm in the clear there for Florida.
For jobs, I'm majoring in Design and plan on doing interior design, but I also can do graphic design. I never really planned on working for Disney, I kind of felt like working there may ruin some of the magic. Kind of like how people who work at McDonalds end up not eating McDonalds anymore. However, I am planning on applying for the Disney College Program and honestly wouldn't mind giving a shot at working for Disney, but it's defiantly not a dream of mine.
I'm in the same boat as you, BonVoyage, my lease is up in August/September. I'm trying to figure out what I want to do come graduation in December. The friends thing is not an issue for me, I've spent a lot of my life with no friends. Been in college for the last 4 years and haven't made any. In fact, I even believe being a frequent Disney go-er would land me friends. Honestly, the only thing that kind of made me cringe was the humidity, but like I stated above the climate isn't a big deal and I would probably get used to it eventually. Homesick is also no problem to me! However, my parents might have a difficult time with it. I'm about 2 hours away from them now and they complain we don't see each other enough haha. And for Orlando being a bad city, I don't necessarily need to live IN Orlando. I'd be more than happy living about an hour or two away or in it's suburbs.
As for the boyfriend thing, I just said that nonchalantly because I didn't expect such amazing responses from people. I was just kind of writing stuff. We have been spending the last couple of months seriously talking about our future together and if we want to continue in our relationship. There are some aspects of our relationship that I am a bit worried about spending the rest of my life with, but it is by no means "easy" to break up with him or that "I don't care" because I absolutely do and that is why it makes this decision so much harder. For me to tell him that my dream is to live in Florida and be one of "those people" that live, breath, and eat Disney and he says back that he doesn't want to live in Florida was for sure heartbreaking. And this is playing a huge role in my decision, because now I'm torn into wanting to follow my dream or wanting to continue my relationship.
For the longest time I have always seen those ladies that go to Disney at least 3 times a year, have a massive pin collection, know Disney like the back of their hands, and then introduce their children to Disney and just be one big happy Disney family. I have always been jealous of them and I've always wanted to be like those ladies.
Wherever you chose to live (especially in your early adult life) it should be in a place where you are happy. I would LOVE to live near Disney. Do what makes your heart smile!
