/cgl/ - Cosplay & EGL

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I went and spoke to him again. After some prodding then sentence was going to be "Well, I thought your ideal was being with me."
He went on to talk about how he feels like he's just replaceable, and that he thinks I'd consider leaving him for someone with more money. He was upset, thinking that I was saying I "needed" a room to myself or else I wouldn't want to live with him.
The conversation kind of deviated from there and he went into a depression spiral about his job, responsibilities, life, money, future, etc. Then we started talking about the "how am I supposed to afford that" thing.
It's been a pretty big issue in our relationship from the start that I don't earn as much money as him, and he thinks that if you're not hired by a company or working for the government, you'll be a poorfag your whole life.
He brought up that I've had two years to work on my business, but I didn't do much. I explained that I was busting my ass full time in a job I hated to put aside a large pile of savings for the future, and I didn't have the time or energy to work on anything else. Said he "felt like an asshole" if he talked about it further, since it involves my mental health, and tried to draw a comparison between that and people scamming money through Patreon or Kickstarter and then claiming "mental health issues" to not deliver.
We eventually talked it out and came to a place of understanding - he's worried about money and affording a decent life, I don't want to sacrifice my business goals or hobbies. Things are alright now, but I never really know if these issues are solved. When it comes to this topic, we seem to have it blow up again every year or half year.

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