She Has A Chance To Apply For The Job Of Her Dreams, But Her Boyfriend Is Ruining This For Her
We often spend most of our lives daydreaming about our future and how it will be played out.
Who we plan on walking down the aisle with or what career seems to be the most ideal for us, in the long run, are subjects that tend to weigh on our minds more than others.
Most of us are faced with the fact that our dream job may be a stretch. However, what if the opportunity was at the touch of your fingertips, and the only thing stopping you from moving forward was your current relationship?
While most of us like to believe that we won’t let anyone or anything stop us from reaching our goals, it can be hard when you are in a relationship and the person you love is less than supportive.
In this case, a 27-year-old private school teacher lives in England, just outside a big city, with her 30-year-old boyfriend.
They have been together for just over a year and a half and have agreed to live in London for the past few years because of the lifestyle.
Unfortunately, living in the city is expensive. Between social gatherings, commuting and rent, they are currently living each week, paycheck to paycheck. Aside from the money, her commute to and from work takes up 2 hours of her day.
She has recently found a new job that will bring a better quality of life than they are facing right now.
This new opportunity will provide them with free accommodation and a better pay rate allowing her to bring home an extra few grand a month. Although, according to her boyfriend, a 40-minute commute to the city is off the table.
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For her, it’s a no-brainer. They will have extra money to go on vacation, enjoy nice outings, and even take the train into the city on the weekends.
“It’s also a perfect step up in my career for me and is a role I have wanted to do for a while now.”
While this seems like an ideal way of living, her boyfriend thinks otherwise. She tried to bring up the scenario to him the night before, but he was dumbfounded. Moving away from the city is not an option for him.
She tries to tell him that the quality of life will be worth it. They are struggling financially and emotionally living in an area that puts pressure on their paychecks.
As someone who struggles with anxiety and mental health, her boyfriend thinks moving away from the city will destroy it even more.
“I want to be sympathetic to him saying the city helps his mental health, but I don’t feel it does and I think he actually is worse because of it.”
Feeling stuck and confused, she is questioning whether or not she should put herself first and apply for this job, beg him to reconsider, or ditch the relationship altogether?
“I don’t want to ruin our relationship over this but I can’t go on living the lifestyle we are living, with nothing to look forward to, nothing to do, when I have the opportunity to give us both a better life.”
She feels as if she was to look back a year later, she would regret not taking the chance on this amazing opportunity.
Overall, who do you put first in this situation, you or your spouse? You can read the original post on Reddit here.
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