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A man was blindsided by his girlfriend when she point-blank refused to financially support him after he lost his job. The guy became unemployed four months ago, has wiped out his savings, and expected to tap up his other half, who he lives with, for money.
However, this didn’t fly with his partner of three years, who called out his lack of commitment to her, including a failure to pop the question. “I asked my girlfriend to help cover my expenses and she refused because I didn’t propose before this… she had told me three dates in [that] she expected to be engaged in about two years of dating, and is very unhappy with me,” he wrote on Reddit.
“I’m sure she is the one, I’m just still hesitant about marriage, and she has [previously] told me she is trying to get over the fact she wasted three years with me. I told her to give me some time, and she has thankfully not pushed it. This was shortly before my work announced they were cutting people.”
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His decision not to get down on bended knee has come back to bite him, because she doesn’t feel secure enough in their relationship to bail him out. “She says I’m expecting too much from her, since I’m not ready for marriage, but expecting her to help me with rent. We have been dating for three years, doesn’t that count for something? If it was a year in, I understand if was too early, but we have been together for a long time,” he continued.
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“She told me it was meaningless because I haven’t proposed, and she refuses to help me as I could decide I don’t want marriage and bail at any time. I could have bailed at any time while dating and still can bail after we get engaged, but I didn’t, and I won’t.”
He ended up threatening to call time on the relationship. “I’ve told her since she won’t help, it’s shown me she isn’t serious too, and she told, it’s fine, we just end the lease, and I can go back to live with family if I can’t afford rent here. I’m getting interview requests back and did an interview already… it’s crazy to me [that] she would waste three years over covering a bit more rent and groceries,” he concluded.
Most Reddit users gave him a reality check. One wrote, “You’re wanting to have your cake and eat it too, you’re getting all the perks of being married with none of the security or teamwork for her. That is why she mentioned the marriage thing.” Another added: “This is the epitome of expecting ‘wife duties for girlfriend wages.’”