Healthy relationships are based on give and take, so it’s simple to lose your cool when your partner begins to take, take, take.In this story a woman discovered herself supporting her partner, who has been out of work for 11 months. He refuses any work offer he considers beneath him, but wants his partner to support all of his living expenses. She booted his freeloading butt to his parent’s residence because she wanted a partner, not a dependant. She’s now questioning if this gesture of harsh love went too far. Scroll down to read the whole story and share your views on this.
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My bf and I graduated college last year, and he hasn’t found a job after 11 months. He has a history degree and wishes to work in a field related to museum curation. I found a job making 55k a year working as a lab assistant.
My boyfriend has a few job offers for office jobs, but he doesn’t want to take them because they don’t pay well, like $30-$40k. I rented a one-bedroom apartment in town for $1300, and my boyfriend wanted to move in with me but didn’t want to pay half.
I didn’t want to pay his half, but in his view, because I can pay the full rent, I should be willing to pay for him until he gets a job. I told him he had 3 months to find a job, and he said that was enough time, but 4 months later, he still doesn’t have one.
I’m the one paying for rent and food for us, and I’m sick of paying for him. He doesn’t want to get a minimum-wage job, but I feel like it’s unfair because he doesn’t contribute anything.
Finally, I had it and forced him to move out until he had a job and could pay half. He was angry at me and yelled that all I cared about was his money and that I didn’t really love him. He moved back to be with his parents and we haven’t talked much
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