He Called Off His Engagement With His Fiancée Because, While She’s A Successful Streamer Who Makes Five Figures A Month, He Feels Like He’s Living In A Reality TV Show That He Never Signed Up For
This man and his fiancée have been dating for five years and engaged for one. Up until last year, their relationship was wonderful, but last year, she became a streamer for fun. She streamed on Twitch and Kick, but after a while, she developed an obsession with it.
“She’s fully immersed, streaming around 11 hours a day. Yes, she’s successful, pulling in around five figures a month, which is impressive and helps a lot,” he said.
Unfortunately, though, his fiancée’s streaming career has been overtaking both of their lives. While her videos are completely G-rated, he doesn’t feel like he has any privacy because she constantly films their everyday lives for her viewers and even discusses personal details about him on her streams.
“She once shared our argument about postponing our wedding, and another time discussed my health issues live on stream,” he explained.
He can’t even share a night alone with his fiancée because even if they’re eating dinner or hanging out, she continues streaming, often in their bedroom. Since she started this career, their relationship hasn’t been the same.
Because she streams so much, they aren’t able to spend quality time together. In between streams, his fiancée spends the rest of her time organizing her next stream or interacting with her viewers via her social media accounts.
He’s discussed his concerns and discomfort with her multiple times, expressing that he wants clear boundaries in regard to when and what she chooses to stream, requesting that she not discuss specific details.
In addition, he suggested that they have designated time together without her streaming it. However, his fiancée rejected all of his suggestions.
“She insists that being open with her audience is a key part of her success. And it very well may be. I know how powerful parasocial relationships can be. I understand that her viewers feel like friends to her, but it’s come to the point where she consults her chat more than me on personal decisions,” he shared.
Drobot Dean – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
In response to his concern that she allows strangers on the internet to be so privy to their intimate lives, she said that he doesn’t seem supportive or proud of how much work she’s been doing to make this career for herself.
After asking his friends to weigh in, they all had different opinions. Some of them said that he should support his fiancée more than he has been, especially because this is how she earns a living, and she isn’t engaging in nefarious or lewd behavior or anything.
When he asked his family what they thought, they understood where he was coming from and said they were worried about how nothing is private in the relationship with his fiancée.
So, he thought it over and chose to end their engagement. From his perspective, it was as if his life was a reality television show in which he hadn’t consented to be featured.
Do you think he did the right thing?
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