This 29-year-old woman currently works in medicine, and in her field, having a weekend where you get both Saturday and Sunday off from work is known as a “golden weekend.”
“These golden weekends are few and far between,” she said.
She also has a 26-year-old fiancé, who she has been with for nearly four years. But they are currently in a long-distance relationship, and the different time zones make touching base pretty tricky.
It just so happens that her fiancé works in the healthcare industry, too, but typically has a different schedule split. While he tends to work a normal 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. and always has weekends off, she works 32-hour shifts followed by one eight-hour shift.
Due to her extreme schedule, her free time is always incredibly limited. So, she and her fiancé have only gotten to spend time together once throughout the entire month of June since her fiancé just went out on all of the other weekends.
However, this weekend was supposed to be different. She and her fiancé had finally gotten a chance to spend some time together, and she was super excited.
Well, that was until her fiancé chose to go to another girl’s birthday instead– driving a whole 12 hours total to attend the event.
“I’ve told him work was difficult, and I’m feeling quite worn down and have expressed my need for his support right now,” she explained.
“He still chose to go.”
Her fiancé apparently claimed that going to the birthday party was important for his well-being and mental health. But she doesn’t really get that, especially because he already spends the majority of his weekends seeing friends and partying anyway.
On top of that, she revealed how this was not the first her fiancé had flaked on her. In fact, back when she was starting a new medication and begged him to stay by her side, he wound up going to a Halloween party with some friends instead.
So now, she is feeling completely torn in her relationship. She was supposed to be moving in with her fiancé soon, in a country that is thousands of miles away from her home. Afterward, they were supposed to tie the knot in January.
But after this latest incident, she isn’t feeling so sure about their relationship since her fiancé is not there for her whenever she needs him to be.
“And I have told him about how I felt time and time again, but he just doesn’t seem to care,” she vented.
That’s why she’s now begun wondering whether she should stay in her relationship or just leave her fiancé.
Can you believe her fiancé chose another woman’s birthday party over spending time with her when they barely get to see each other? How would you feel if you were in her shoes? Would you marry someone like that or not?
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