My girlfriend has all the money she'll ever need and I don't. How can we make this dynamic work?
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My girlfriend (38F) is from a wealthy family and her parents are multi millionaires. I (38m) am working class blue collar, working in a pretty recession proof industry and making enough to live comfortably but not much.<br><br>We are thinking of moving in together and I want to be able to bring what I can to the table, but it seems unfair to split bills 50/50 when she makes a lot more than I do. I've made that suggestion, but she said it will be unfair for her to pay more just because she has more. She says she should only pay more if she spends more. What she means is that if she takes us out to dinner or buys something expensive, she wants to just pay for it herself. That sounds fair in a way, but in my gut I just get some weird feelings about her paying for expensive things when I can't afford them.<br><br>I think one thing that will be a problem is that when we go out to eat, she wants to always go to high end places where one appetizer is $30, while I would be fine with a more midrange place that costs $15 for an appetizer.<br><br>I would love for my girlfriend to be able to enjoy all the finer things in life and to go to all the best places, but it doesn't feel right that I can't afford any of it.<br><br>I really want this relationship to work but I don't know how we can reconcile this difference. Has anyone been in a similar dynamic and how did you make it work? Even if we split expenses proportionally to our income, it would be hard for me to afford her lifestyle.<br><br>She has said that while she can afford anything she wants, that doesn't mean that she wants to do the most expensive thing all the time, but I'm not sure that I believe that. I've been to some very expensive steakhouses with her and I really can't argue that I don't love going there, but one steak at that place is $70 and I only go there with her.<br><br>I don't want to feel like a mooch and I don't want to be stuck having to choose where we go to eat only from a selection of places that I can afford. I want her to have all the finer things she wants and I want to be able to contribute to those things. How can we reconcile our financial differences?
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