She Wants Her Boyfriend To Get Up Earlier And Do More Around The House Because He Hasn’t Worked In Two Years, Stays Up All Night Playing Video Games, And She Works Full-Time To Pay Their Rent And Bills
This 37-year-old woman and her boyfriend, who is 35, are currently stuck in a stalemate.
While she works full-time at an extremely physically demanding job, her boyfriend has been unemployed for the last two years.
Recently, he has also been waking up very late every single day. Then, her boyfriend will stay up super late– starting to play video games at 12:00 a.m. and not hitting the sack until 4:00 a.m.
“I’ve been on night shifts this month, so I’ve been unable to get certain errands done during the day as I’m asleep,” she explained.
So, after she woke up for work the other day at about 6:00 p.m., she was very upset after realizing her boyfriend was still asleep from the night before.
They wound up getting into a huge argument about his sleeping habits, and her boyfriend claimed that playing video games was how he spent his “decompression time.”
She took that opportunity to ask her boyfriend what exactly he was decompressing from– since, after all, he does not and has not worked in a very long time.
Well, her boyfriend just did not have a response to that, and she pointed out how she was always exhausted from going to work.
“And it would be nice if he could clean up a bit while I slept since we live together and he isn’t currently working,” she added.
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Rather than understanding her point, though, her boyfriend just became defensive and claimed that she lived there, too. So, he thought she should also be cleaning more around the house.
But that only made her angrier and caused her to freak out on her boyfriend since she was paying all of the rent and bills to keep shelter over their heads.
“The least he could do is empty the bins that are overflowing with his energy drink cans,” she said.
However, her boyfriend continued to miss the point and swore that he needed energy drinks. He also told her that she had no idea just how exhausted he got.
Anyway, they wound up going back and forth and arguing about this for a while. Then, she eventually put her foot down and told her boyfriend that she wanted him to wake up before 12:00 p.m. every day. That way, he could at least clean up his own mess.
After that, her boyfriend just got quiet, accused her of being condescending, and went back into their bedroom to play Xbox. She followed him into the room, too, and asked how exactly she was condescending. Nonetheless, he refused to answer her and just ignored the question.
“I’m honestly just so tired and want him to do something besides draw and play video games all day,” she vented.
Still, with her boyfriend so upset with her, she’s been left wondering whether wanting him to get up earlier every day and do more around the house really makes her a jerk or not.
Would you be able to be in a relationship with someone who didn’t work for two years or do much around the house? Is it fair for her to expect more from her boyfriend, given their current situation? How do you think she could handle this issue? Would you break up with him?
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