If that's what life is...

I have a friend who feels like she is sort of... in limbo... as far as a "relationship" she is in the midst of.  Here's the deal:

She likes this guy.  The guy seems to like her.  But he's kinda socially awkward.  ... Not that she isn't.  She called herself an Aspy the other day...  Somehow the guy got confused and thought she was permanently moving to another state.  When that got cleared up and realized she was just going on vacation, he got a tad flirtier again.

This all seems good, right?  I would agree with you on that.  Except that this got my friend all worked up because of the unknowns.  Here's how the instant message conversation went:

"I hate not knowing, though."
"I know. But that's what life is."
"Life is not knowing...life is annoying then."

So then this kind of got me thinking.  Why DO people get annoyed because they don't know the future?  Why do people spend money on palm readers and fortune tellers and whatnot?  Why can't we just kinda roll with life and see what happens?  It's how I do it.  My life is full of surprises.  Some good, some bad.  But how much more fun is that?  How shitty would it be if you woke up this morning knowing that your car was going to break down?  Why would you want to wake up knowing bad shit was for sure going to happen and know what it was?

And in this particular situation with my friend, why would you want to know that you were going to marry a guy you have a crazy crush on even if you haven't really dated him?  Isn't anticipation like half the fun of the life?  Maybe I'm weird or more adventurous than most.  But I really do like to letting life happen as it wants to.