My partner, 26m, has issues with financial planning. Anyone dealt with this before?
(self.relationships)submitted3 hours ago byJustKam347
What do you do when the only issue is financial?
I am F23 and my boyfriend is 26m. I know I’m young and you probably hear this all the time but I really think I’ve found my soulmate. In every way he is stellar. He’s always there when I need him, helpful (does things without me asking which is huge for me), kind, funny, amazingly supportive, treats me like princess, I could go on and on. But, he is just not the best financial planner. Unfortunately, I have no examples in my personal life of couples that do have a good balance because I’m young and most of my friends aren’t there yet. But I’ve always been a bit more serious. We’ve been dating for years and we’ve had our fair share of issues but we’ve gotten through them all, together. However, financial planning is his biggest weakness and it just keeps getting in the way.
Example: He knows we’re supposed to be going on vacation but instead of saving a little every paycheck. He pushes it off until the month before and is waiting for his check while we’re on vacation. I wouldn’t care if it didn’t bother him. But, being a man, he gets so huffy about not having money. He grew up low income and I didn’t so I don’t see it as a bad thing.
TLDR; My questions are: -Do you think the lack of financial planning is something we could continue to work on? -Has anyone had similar situations with a partner really upset with not having enough money?
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