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Old Oct 21, 2015, 05:26 PM
Zorja Zorja is offline
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Originally Posted by IceCreamKid View Post
You wrote: "He feels like I知 not being supportive in what he wants to do. I love him but I知 not okay with any of this. I don稚 know how to react. I feel overwhelmed and I知 still trying to process how I知 feeling. In the end I just feel very, very hurt. I知 looking for an outside perspective. I feel lost."

If you are working -- even part time, you are indeed being supportive. Support isn't just emotional, it is financial, too, when it comes to partnerships. He did a stinkin' thing and he did it like he did because he knew you were't going to be cool with it.

Now you'll have to decide to suck it up and live more cheaply in the short term until he starts bringing in more money; leave him and try to live on your own; or you yourself bring in more money. As for the emotional end of the support issue, he needs to own up and apologize for the under-handed way he did things and promise not to do something like that again--with the understanding that you'll leave him if he does. Unless you always want to be the one carrying the relationship--that's your choice.

One more thing--financial sacrifices should be his to make, too; no lattes for him if you are drinking water you draw from the tap. Too often people who do what he did are selfish in other ways too.
Thank you, IceCreamKid.

He will be making a lot of the financial sacrifices-- brown bagging and no small luxuries until I have a better understanding of where our budget lands.

I considered ending our relationship but it's not something I'm ready to do at this point. I really do care about him. I think this is a terribly selfish thing that he's done but I'm willing to stick it out and work with him but I won't put up with this kind of behavior again. I'm not a doormat. I matter. My feelings matter.
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IceCreamKid, lizardlady
Thanks for this!
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