Her High Schooler Niece Is Dating A 21-Year-Old Man And Paying For Everything
A 25-year-old woman has an 18-year-old niece that she became the guardian of 7 years ago. Yes, when she was only 18-years-old herself it fell on her to provide for her niece since her niece’s mom and dad were considered to not be fit as parents.
Although she took on her niece at 18, her niece lived with her and her own mom and dad from the time that her niece was a baby.
Now, her niece is in high school and 18. Her niece met a guy back 2 years ago, and they started going out.
This guy is older than her (21 to be exact) which she definitely thinks is odd, though that’s a whole other story.
“The guy she’s with is nice, but that’s about it,” she explained. “I don’t know if it’s silly of me to be bothered by the age gap, but I am.”
“I don’t know why he was 19 going after a 16-year-old who was just a sophomore in high school. He has a full-time job at a grocery store which is fine, no judgment on anyone’s job.”
Her problem is that her niece is spending all of the money that she has saved up on this boyfriend of hers, as this guy blows through his paychecks.
Her niece buys her boyfriend expensive clothes and food. Every time her niece’s boyfriend takes her niece out for a date, he claims he can’t afford it, so her niece keeps paying.
She’s not trying to get involved with how her niece’s boyfriend chooses to spend all of his money, but she is upset that he never thinks to do something for her niece.
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“He had made reservations for them at a restaurant on Valentine’s Day but then he canceled because he knew he couldn’t pay for it,” she said.
“She’s really upset over that. My biggest issue, however, is that he has successfully talked her out of going to college.”
“Before she met him, we were going on college tours and she was planning out her future which she was so excited for.”
All of that has changed and her niece hasn’t applied to a single college. Her niece no longer wants to even attend college anymore, since her niece’s boyfriend convinced her niece to move in with him after high school.
Her niece foolishly thinks that the money she has saved will pay for the apartment her boyfriend wants to get.
Everything considered, she’s worried that her niece is ruining her future by being with this guy, and her niece is ignoring her concerns.
“She is not listening to anything I say, and her reply is always “I’m 18, I can do what I want” which is right, but it’s breaking my heart,” she continued.
How can she convince her niece to go to college and not waste her life with this guy?
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