Thankfully, they were able to hold onto her apartment for an additional six months. However, the extended lease made their rent rise a significant amount. At the same time, her boyfriend also hit her with an ultimatum out of the blue.
“He really hated my old job and how much stress I was under there. I worked crazy hours with difficult people,” she recalled.
“So, my boyfriend told me that if I stayed at that job, he did not see us working out, and he was probably going to end up making the move without me.”
She was shocked but did not want their relationship to end. So, they ultimately decided that her boyfriend would hire her to work at his one-person (now two-person) company.
They agreed that she would be paid a very low wage in exchange for her boyfriend covering all of their bills and debts.
The weirdest part about this arrangement, though, is that she has yet to get any of the money from her boyfriend. So, she has since blown all of the money she had saved up to move away just to keep herself afloat over the last few months.
Plus, all of the money weirdness has created some serious awkwardness and tension at home.
“He is hesitant about giving me money, and it is becoming really awkward and uncomfortable. Our relationship is getting rocky– which is why he is hesitant to give me money– but I am totally immediately screwed without him right now,” she revealed.
So, even though she does kind of want to take a break to get some space from her boyfriend, she really cannot right now. In fact, if she breaks up with him, she will be homeless.
The rest of her savings is not enough to even last her one month in their current apartment, and she does not think she could find a job quick enough to make it work anyway.
And now, she has been left utterly confused about what to do.