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Boyfriend not yet independent and it bothers me a lot!

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I am a 27 year old divorced single mother of a two year old daughter. I would like to know your opinion of my current relationship with my boyfriend of 9 months. He is a few years younger than me, 24 years old. He treats my daughter and myself like gold, is very supportive, caring, honest and respectful. We laugh a lot together and never have arguments or fights. What really irks me is that he lives at home with his parents and 18 year old brother. They have 3 "family cars" that they share, only two of which are normally in working order. He lived on his own for a while several years back but ended up moving home again after opening a restaurant with his family, due to the business not taking in as much money as expected. They have just recently closed the restaurant after 3 years in business. He is going to be doing some contracting work for a while before starting training to become a firefighter. He also has told me that he does not want to throw money away on renting an apartment and is planning to save up for a down payment for a house. This means he will continue to live at home and not be independent for who knows how long. I do not like the fact that he does not have a car that is his and only his. A lot of times he has to go pick up his brother and take him home after our dates and sometimes he switches and has his brother drop him off/pick him up. This has been going on for the entire 9 months that we have been together. It is a huge turn off, and the fact that he is not living independently is a huge turn off. I feel like these are two very basic things that any adult should have under their belt. I am not sure if I want to stick around for several more years waiting for him to "catch up with me" and be on the same page as me in his life. What makes it so difficult is that he is so kind and wonderful to my daughter and me. He always enjoys spending time with her and wants to include her in our activities together. Also, besides having a very amicable and loving relationship, we also share a very strong physical attraction to each other. I feel this would be absolutely perfect if it weren't for those two huge problems! Do you think his good qualities and future plans are worth overlooking the hopefully temporary negatives/inconveniences? Your opinion would be greatly valued! Thank you for taking the time to read this!

Boyfriend not yet independent and it bothers me a lot!

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Part pf this story is bad and the ther half is not bad. In todays world it is tough and you got to squeeze in with Your parwnts if they allow it. If you think ots not just words give ot time. Other wise the whole physical attraction stuff does not last if you don't love him. Think about it for Your 2 year old Before she gets to attached and then t will be hard to say Good bye.

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