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Old Oct 02, 2009, 03:00 PM
melinda84 melinda84 is offline
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Location: Pittsburgh, PA
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Well, i am feeling frustrated now cuz we just had another little fight. I really thought i handled myself better this time, but he kept taking everything i said the wrong way and assuming things. This discussion was about money and we just chatted online while i was at work which was probably a mistake.

The problem is i think he's been spending money too loosely and he isn't even employed yet. He only has like a little over $1,000 in his checking account until he finds a job so i think he should really be careful and save as much as possible. He has been going to the grocery store like everyday while i am at work (It's just to buy little things like gum or milk or eggs), but stuff like that can add up really if you go to the store everyday i know. So i simply tried to warn him to be more careful and that things like that could add up. I thought i was helping him cuz i am concerned really, but he just blew everything out of proportion and assumed i was treating him like an Idiot who didn't know those things. He doesn't seem to take advice that well. He also said he really didn't care about going to the store much, he just felt like he needed to get out of the apartment (which i understand). I told him he doesn't need to spend money to get out and just explore though and again he went back to blowing up at me to stop treating him like an idiot. I told him that there's no way i ever could believe he's an idiot and that everyone makes mistakes. That doesn't mean anyone is an idiot. I have made many financial mistakes myself in the past and i've known people that have before. I know it's easy to do. I don't see the connection there. It has nothing to do with being an idiot. I am just really worried that if he continues to spend money like this that he will get down to not having anymore before he finds a job. Finally, he told me that he needed to get out of the apartment cuz it was depressing there so if he was feeling depressed all that time i wish he would have just told me that up front.

Please tell me if i went wrong here. It hurts so much that he assumed that i would think that way about him. We are not enemies so i don't see why he can't just accept that i was giving him advice.