I have been living with my boyfriend for two years. We live in a very small town without the possibility of EVER having a good future here. I have been planning on moving out of town within the next month. My boyfriend has no intention of leaving his home town, as he was born and raised here. Our relationship has been VERY rocky, but I have created a bond with him. I do love him, but I want to secure a comfortable living in my future. I'm not ready to leave him, and things between us have been going okay lately. What do I do? Or how do I talk to him about any of this?
Additional info, added Saturday August 2 2008, 2:17 am: Ok, I better make this a little more clear- There is NOTHING for me in this town, and I REALLY have my heart set on leaving. He, on the other hand, will always be a pizza hut delivery guy in smalltown, usa. He will never leave here. I've told him a couple of times that I wanted to leave, and have asked him to come with me. I don't think he thought I was serious. I'm ready to go to college and make my future for me. However, he has made it clear he wont leave. He is older than I am. I'm 21, he's 33. I just dont know how to get the willpower to leave him after being with him for so long. I know I have to do what's best for me, and moving and starting my future IS whats best. But I'm still torn. If I leave, I'll be wondering "what if?" I was planning on leaving a month ago, but I keep procrastinating because I love him so much!But then again, we've had some major problems. And if I stay because of him, I'd be kickin myself if it didn't work out. I'm goin crazy over this whole thing!. Want to answer more questions in the Relationships category? Maybe give some free advice about: Love Life? mikesadvice answered Friday August 1 2008, 4:06 pm: Don't live your tomorrows with yesterdays regrets! [ mikesadvice's advice column | Ask mikesadvice A Question ]
Samantha_Answers answered Friday August 1 2008, 12:21 pm: This is a tricky one. Well maybe you dont have to leave his home town. Look around the small town and see if there are new houses for sale. If not you could probably build one.
But if there are no houses you like and are avaliable [[i know this may sound bad]] but maybe you could trick him into moving. Go online and look at houses for sale in the next towns over and when you see one you like take him to see it. Say you need to go to the store or something and drive by the house. Stop and point out how nice of a house it is and get him to look inside of it with you for a while. This may just get him to move into a new home you like. But you want to make sure that you plan ahead try calling up the people who live there and fill them in on what would be happening. Well thats all i got.
stargirl51 answered Friday August 1 2008, 12:20 pm: Have you actually sit him down and spoken with him about it?
Address the issues that you're making here: you want to secure your future. Because your point is valid. If he really is the one, he'll understand. And if you guys are planning a future together and plan to introduce kids into your future, he should understand that he should most likely secure his own future as well.
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