She Wants To Break Up With Her Boyfriend Because He’s Morbidly Obese, Never Goes Anywhere With Her, And She’s Beginning To Take On A Caregiver Role
This 52-year-old woman has been dating her boyfriend, who is 55, for about five months. And from the moment they met, she realized that he was obese.
However, she swears that her boyfriend’s weight itself didn’t bother her. Instead, what’s really come to frustrate her is the fact that her boyfriend refuses to change his lifestyle habits despite his worsening health.
“He blames his bad back, his diabetes, his leg swelling, high cholesterol, as well as all the other health issues he has on being 55,” she explained.
“And if you mention his weight being the contributing factor, he instantly gets defensive.”
Over the past five months that they’ve been dating, her boyfriend has also gained an additional 20 pounds. Yet, he just claims that the scale at the doctor’s office is broken.
She’s tried to tell her boyfriend that she is only 52 and has no major health issues. She is also quite fit, being that she’s five feet tall and 135 pounds.
Yet, she hates that they cannot do anything physical together simply because her boyfriend is unable to walk unless he’s going out to eat.
“His future outlook on life is very bleak,” she added.
“He says he will just use his life savings to go into a retirement home when he can no longer walk.”
missty – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
So, while she does care about her boyfriend, that’s not the life she envisioned for herself. She wants to be with a partner who can at least travel and take vacations or just go anywhere at all with her.
“I feel like I am just a set of legs for him, and I am starting to take on a caretaker role,” she vented.
That’s why she is feeling really conflicted about moving forward with her boyfriend. But she’s not sure if breaking up with him due to his obesity would be the wrong thing to do or not.
Can you understand why she wants a more active partner? Do you think it’s worth it to remain in this relationship after only being together for five months? What would you do if you were in her shoes?
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