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Anonymous asked in Social SciencePsychology · 2 weeks ago

Would you say based on these factors that my relationship won't work long term?

I'm 34, my bf is 30.

He works FT 5 days a week for Sprint from home doing customer service.

He has worked customer service for Sprint since he was 23 and graduated from college with a bachelor's. He hasn't gotten any promotions he's just remained in customer service.

He makes $16/hr and he is working from 9am-6:30pm Tuesday-Saturday so he doesn't have a lot of free time. He gets 2 days off (Sunday-Monday). His Monday off is only used for appointments (dentist, doctor), car stuff (oil changes, new tires) and errands (grocery shopping, cleaning). So we get one day to do things together on Sunday. He tends to want to rest on Sunday as well and enjoy his hobby (gaming) which he neglects during the work week.

He only has $1500 in his savings account. 

I have 55k in my savings, I work 3 days a week and have more free time and work less than him because I saved half of my earnings for years. He spent most of his money on his ex (vacations, designer handbags) he had the mentality that since he lived at home from 23 until 27 when he moved in with his gf (ex) he could use his savings of 10k on gifts for her since he had saved it and only had to pay 3/4 of her rent when he moved in which was $800/month and that was his only overhead.

He can't travel, he won't even try to ask for a promotion after 7 yrs at his job. He can't afford to go out to eat. I feel like I'm wasting my youth waiting for him to get his life together and we've discussed this many times in 2 yrs still no progress.

Update:

What's worst is he cops an attitude if I suggest traveling alone and takes offense to the fact I won't wait for him. I waited for him the entire year before the pandemic and he couldn't go, then we hit the pandemic, another year wasted. So I've been able to afford to travel and wanted to travel for 2 years. He doesn't think ahead about a down payment on a house or what he'd do in an emergency. He just spends the money he has, his mother had to monitor as well. It's holding me back

Update 2:

Ronald: A "gold digger"? I pay for everything for myself and any dates we go on are 50/50. If anything I spend more on him. Stop assuming things.

Update 3:

He's loving, genuinely kind and emotionally supportive. He is considered a universally "nice guy" by anyone that meets him. I love that about him, which is why this is so hard.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    The relationship isn't going to work but it has little to do with this guy's schedule, salary or leisure time activities. It won't work because you've spent months posting repeated questions about what a jerk he is for having spent money on an ex that he now doesn't have to spend on you. Maybe also a little bit because of the casual racism you've invoked in some of your earlier questions. You have no respect for this man and you will find a way to sabotage this relationship out of resentment for his ex. 

  • Jane
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    Sounds like you're struggling to share your vision with your bf. Doesn't help that you don't spend much time together, or seem to share any mutual interests. As you say, he is a lovely guy, who feels safe in his routines and satisfied with his life.

    So how would I describe you? You have goals and desires that you have the resources to achieve, you feel excited about your plans and want to go forward with them. You feel torn between these and the valuable love you have with this man. You are disappointed that you cannot see a way to go forward in life with him.  Tough decision. 

    Bear in mind that he is more risk-averse than you. Try to make your vision more real and planned, so that when you talk with him he can imagine what might be in it for him. You will have to take the lead if you want to bring him with you.

    Or you will become more apart than ever, as you have already hinted, and go your separate ways

  • 1 week ago

     You are spinning your wheels and going nowhere, time to make the hard decisions, or, stay where you are and except what you have...

  • ?
    Lv 6
    1 week ago

    The only thing that is going to wake him up is to lose you, and then, only maybe.  He is in a comfort zone he needs to be shaken out of. 

    Tell him you've come to a fork in the road, and you wish to take a different path than the one he wants to stay on.  Suggest that if he hasn't left within two months, you will, unless he has found work more in line with a person holding his degree.  He has demonstrated his ability in school, now it's time to put it to use.

    Stick to your guns.  You may have to be the lead in the relationship.  Some people need a kick in the asss to get off the couch.

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  • ?
    Lv 7
    1 week ago

    You need a reality check. First off, you cannot change anyone. The ONLY control you have is that of yourself and your own actions.

    People date fora reason and that istoget to know one another well enough to decide if youhave a future together. You have learned and do not like your boyfriend's lack of motivation and self advancement.

    You need to realize and understand that THIS IS WHO HE IS !

    Complaining will do nothing. Any changes have to be his idea and up to him to follow through. He is complacent with his life as is.

    If you are not happy, STOP trying to fit the round peg in the square hole and move on without him. Your only other choice is to remain with him and resign yourself to the fact that you'll have to accept his lack of motivation.

    You have two choices.

    Pick one!

  • 1 week ago

    Yes.  Your goals and his expectations are in direct conflict.  You need to move on and find someone new who is closer (but not perfectly) to your life objectives.  Just learn from this experience that you can't change the person you date to become the person you want them to be (no matter how sweet they are on simple things).

  • Anonymous
    1 week ago

    Here's the thing. You should be with someone because they are the one you want to be with - not because they MIGHT change into the person you want to be with down the line.

    I see nothing wrong with your boyfriend, but he has different priorities than you do and he seems content with his life the way it is, seeing how he hasn't made an effort to change it even after you going on and on about it during the past 2 years.

    If he'd truly wanted to change for you, he would at least have taken the first steps to do so by now.

    I think you need to ask yourself if you can live the rest of your life like this, or if you're in the relationship, holding your breath, waiting for him to change? If you can't see yourself living the rest of your life like this, I would say it's time to either pull the deal-breaker card or end it.

  • Glass
    Lv 7
    2 weeks ago

    It already lasted two years. Two months should have been more than enough to convince you that this guy doesn't meet your standards and has nothing to offer you. Your relationship will last as long as you choose to be passive and settle for less.

  • 2 weeks ago

    A lot of men don’t even start to grow up until their mid thirties (I was one). Actually Judge Judy said recently their forties! He seems immature and insecure; he probably doesn't have the confidence to move out of his comfort zone and request (or work for) promotion.

    Suppose this were the other way around, and he was earing much more than you; would you expect to pool your money? If he only worked three days and you worked five, who would you expect to do most of the chores?  If the answers are as we'd guess, where does this leave your marriage?

    Where do you see this going? Are you going to wait until he grows up? Do you want children? If so, do you see him being a house husband? 

    Encourage him to watch the brilliant coach Anthony Robbins or Ekhart Tolle on Youtube; or watch an hour together. 

    Good Luck!

    Source(s): Jamforlife.org
  • 2 weeks ago

    thats up to you

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