You need to decide what you can and can't live with. The only way I have to show this is a personal example...

I have been told again and again I would make a great salesperson. (My mom is a teacher and my dad is a "sleazy car salesman" <- my mom's words, and they have been married for 39 years!). I am naturally outgoing, shy and quiet are not words that have ever been used to describe me. I am articulate and persuasive.

I can NOT deal with the uncertainty of commission. Even with a "base pay", I would get too anxious about the amount of commission I would need to make. I am in customer service, so my needs of being talkative and outgoing and social and helping people are met (WOW! THAT is a run on sentence!). But my pay is not based on any type of sales.

You need to decide what your own goals and thoughts on how you want to live are. If you are comfortable with the boyfriend's ideas, sure, go for it. But if you are not, as painful as it can be, it may only be a casual relationship. You need to be true to YOU first.

Hope that helped!