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I don't really know how relationships go so help???

I was talking about how I'm gonna get a job and my boyfriend said if I work I'll only need to for 1-2 months because in 1-2 months he'll be making good money and will send me stuff. I was like aw that's nice but I can get it myself. Then he was like no you can get it for yourself but you're not supposed to, you're my girl. I was saying that's sweet but its better if I work for myself. Then he was saying no you're my responsibility. You'll be taken care of as long as you're my girl, that's not up for debate馃槉. Again I said no and he said he feels worthless when he doesn't provide for me or protect me, that he doesn't feel like a man. I don't want him to provide for me I feel wayyy too guilty and I don't understand why he wants to 'provide for me'馃槱 How do I get him to listen because I also want a job because it's nice to be productive
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CaptainCanadia41-45, M
Tell your boyfriend, nicely, that his insistence that you not work is insulting. Because it makes it seem like you aren't capable and can't take care of yourself. You aren't dating him because you want someone in charge of your life, you're dating him because you want a partnership where you take care of each other.
Itsprincess22-25, F
He's gonna get annoyed:/ but I guess I have to, I'll tell him that :)
CaptainCanadia41-45, M
Yeah, he is. You can't really do this without upsetting him. But he has a false idea about how the world works and he needs to smarten up. People haven't thought that way in sixty years.
Itsprincess22-25, F
@TyphoidJerry: yeah true :/