My boyfriend and I have been together for 4 years. I just turned 20, and he just turned 19. We are very close, and we are now planning on moving in together in the near future. I live in a place that is right on the edge of downtown, 4 blocks from where he is currently living with his mom and siblings. He has been trying to get me to move in with him for over a year now, and it seems that it has become the only option I have, since I can't live with my mom anymore. I have always said no to his requests to have me move in with him, so I think he must be very happy that it's finally going to happen. I am frustrated though, because I just moved here in August of last year, and have moved every year for the past 3 years with my mom. When we moved in here, we were happy that we finally had found a place we can call home for years to come. I still feel that way about this house. Now, my mom wants to live with my brother, who I can't live with, and so they will be looking for another place. I can't pay for the rent by myself, and I refuse to move again. I have two cats and I don't want to put them through the stress again either. We are all very happy where we are. So, I asked my boyfriend to move in. He was happy at first, but then he started talking about how he can't live where I am living. I asked him why, and he said that it was because it is too far out, and he wants to be closer to bus stops to go to work. One, it's 4 blocks away from where he is living at the moment, so I don't understand what the difference is and how my place is all of the sudden "too far out." It is outside of downtown, by a couple blocks, which I look for in places. He says he wants to live on the other side of town, because it's closer to shopping. Thing is, he never does any shopping!! I do grocery shopping on a daily basis, just for me and my cats, and I have no problems. I take the bus even. And the bus stop that he would take to go to work in the mornings is an 8 minute walk away from my place. He sleeps over a lot on nights where he has to work the next morning, and never complains about walking to the bus stop. Another thing is, I reminded him that I would have my full license by the time we move in together, so I could drive him to work before I do errands. Another excuse he had was that his cell phone company gets bad reception at my house. My house is surrounded by areas with good reception, but for some reason my house doesn't get any. He gets reception in my bedroom, but that's about it. I see that as an easy fix, just go to another phone company. Like, that's the only real problem I see and I feel like it's not worth it for me to pack up and leave my house. I actually feel that the real reason why he wants to move to the other side of town is because he has a good coworker friend that lives over there, and his job is over there. He takes the bus to his friend's house whenever he wants to hang. Like, I feel like he's just trying to take advantage of the situation. I'm finally saying yes to us moving in together, but now he wants me to forfeit everything to make it happen. I just want to know if I am being very selfish? I really don't know what I should do in this situation.
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