*Jobs may not be available at this time, but the locals are still great.
1. A "weekend getaway" will always mean a trip to the mountains.
2. And you should always be prepared for snowboarding season — you may even be forced into getting a season's pass.
3. If your significant other works in the oilfield, you'll have to get used to long-distance relationships.
4. And you better brace yourself for the ups and downs of trying to budget with someone who works in oil.
5. Your significant other will either be a Flames fan or an Oilers fan. Either way, they will be engaged in a heated rivalry with the opposite team. So pick your battles wisely.
6. At one point you'll have a date night at the Fantasyland Hotel.
7. Their first water park experience was at West Ed, and they'll want you to sample the thrills there, too.
8. If you're dating a Calgarian, you'll soon find out that they have a full wardrobe of Western Wear.
9. And your significant other will probably pull you into a line dance at some point during Stampede week.
10. They'll encourage your inauguration into the "calories don't count during Stampede" club.
11. A ~romantic~ dinner will include a steak 90% of the time.
12. And you'll quickly find yourself drinking wheat ale with them on a patio.
13. You'll spend weekends at their cabin — not their cottage. (Important distinction).
14. When you visit your significant other's parents, it might well mean a trip to 'The Hat' or 'The Bridge'.
15. Or if their parents are from small-town Alberta, a visit could mean a stop at the best candy store around.
16. You'll have to either get used to them bragging about their truck, or complaining about all the other trucks.
17. If they were in Calgary in '04, they'll never get tired of telling you "Red Mile" stories.
