She Feels Blindsided After Finding Out That Her Boyfriend’s Parents Are Billionaires, Since He Never Told Her
This 24-year-old girl grew up with parents who were divorced. Then her dad passed away, leaving her mom to raise her and her siblings all alone.
Her mom had to work really hard to give her and her siblings a good life, and she frequently made them crockpot meals or hamburger helper, as it was affordable.
They could never afford to go on vacations as a family, but she adored how her childhood was and she had no clue that her family was struggling. Her mom is now 60, and she still has a job.
Now she has a 25-year-old boyfriend, whom she has been dating for the last two years, and he grew up completely different from how she did.
Her boyfriend’s parents are still married, and they moved to different countries constantly when her boyfriend was little for their jobs.
Her boyfriend and his siblings were sent to private school, and her boyfriend’s parents paid for all of their college educations.
Five years ago, her boyfriend’s parents retired. Her boyfriend has never had dinner in a crockpot or hamburger helper.
While she and her boyfriend both have careers, she has student debt and credit card debt looming over her head, and he does not.
She lives with roommates, and makes $43,000 a year, which is the most amount of money she has ever had in her life, so she’s not trying to complain. Her boyfriend knows that she is in debt and he knows exactly what she makes at her job.
Vasyl – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“My boyfriend lives on the top floor of a luxury apartment, [has] no student loans, [and his] parents bought his car as a grad present and also got him a Rolex watch as a grad present from his masters,” she explained.
“My boyfriend is in a manager role and won’t tell me his salary, but he asked mine—so this leads me to think it’s much, much higher than mine. We split things pretty equally (and always have!!!) after he initiated a conversation saying that he pays for way more, and things feel unequal.”
“For a few months, I didn’t have a job, and he actually brought this up then. I was very surprised, but ever since, I’ve been on high alert for immediately Venmoing back/ the same for him.”
Recently, she looked up her boyfriend’s parents on the internet and felt blindsided to discover that they are, in fact, billionaires.
She knows that whatever money her boyfriend’s parents have is not exactly his, but she’s upset that her boyfriend never informed her about their financial situation.
It also irritates her that her boyfriend has made her help pay for everything in their relationship when he’s more well-off than she is.
“I’m the type of person that loves spoiling those in my life as much as I can/know that things will even out eventually,” she said.
“He knows all of my debts and doesn’t like staying at [my place] because of the area so I’m very conflicted on how to feel about this.”
“I love working but never imagined going tit for tat with a serious partner/don’t want a husband this way. How would you go about this?”
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