You hear it all of the time, right? "I don't care what happens, as long as we're together." This is a phrase that is often used, but is it just as often misunderstood? Taken as something said in the heat of the moment, out of pity, or as an excuse. But I ask you is it ever taken seriously?

With it being the holidays' everyone is working overtime, putting everything they have into their jobs, for what? A little extra cash? A few more presents under the tree? Now I'm not going to sit here and act like I don't enjoy getting presents as much as the next person because that would make me a hypocrite, however, I will say that it's slowly starting to mean less and less to me. When asked what I want for Christmas by my parents, family, and even my boyfriend I rarely give an answer because I understand that it isn't the materialistic things in life that matter, nothing really does "as long as we're together."

I've recently found myself in a situation where the one person I want to spend every second with, the person I usually do spend every second with, is too busy to see me half of the time, and the other half they're just too tired. I feel terrible because part of the reason this person is so busy is out of our control and yet I keep complaining about how upset not being able to spend the usual amount of time with them is making me, not because the part that is out of control, but for the 'overtime' and I keep getting the same answer, "It's so I can get you something good for Christmas."

Most people would sit back and say how rude and selfish I am and how sweet and wonderful that person is and they're right about the latter at least but what isn't being taken into consideration is that when I say "as long as we're together," I really mean it. I am over the moon grateful but I would much rather take the time I could be spending with this person, making memories, over the extra or better gift they can give me with that 'overtime.' None of that matters, as long as we're together.

So I guess the reason for this article is mainly to explain to you materialistic people out there that your loved one, or your children, might actually like a night on the couch watching movies tonight, then that Michael Kors purse, or that droid with the HD video camera. They just might be happier having that memory, that good time with you, that extra love in their heart for you that will last a lifetime, than that material thing that could be gone tomorrow. Why? Because none of it, not a single thing, has any meaning at all. It could be there or it could not be there, it doesn't matter one bit, as long as you're together.