Am I asking too much ?? Or what am I doing ??

I’ll start with a backstory .. my boyfriend and I never graduated high school . He has a learning disability but knows his way around fixing transmissions and fixing vehicles .. I just . Got pregnant and dropped out and never went back. We have a 7 year old together .. my boyfriend adores our son and my son prefers to hang out with his dad all the time .. I told my boyfriend the other night I don’t want our son to be like us.. and he was like “what’s wrong with that”? .. I told him in a roundabout way that I want our son to graduate and go to college . And we started arguing .. in the end I hurt his feelings I know I did .. because when he chooses to be alone and sit in his truck all night I know it ..he’s the mechanic making twice what I make .. and I’m just a cashier .. but I would like for us both to agree that our son deserves more then what we both are .. idk.. maybe I should just shut up about it ?

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powernap · 56-60, M

The two of you need to keep talking and planning for your child's future. To me it seemed like you couldn't get a job without a high school diploma in the 70's.in the 80's you needed at least a n associate's degree to get a decent job. Today, you need at least a master's degree to get a high paying job. Do you see the progression here? Not only that, you have to look at what the cost per semester is in some of these colleges. The prices are going up, up, up. Bottom line is that you are going to need a college degree of some sort to get a decent paying job.

NinaCherry · 26-30, F

@powernap that as well