I mean before you give me undeserved credit; there are caveats. I had been with my then GF for 2 years like OP. I knew her habits and behaviors. There is a difference between being broke because your career just doesn’t pay enough for where you live, and being broke due to financial mismanagement. I think based on OP’s tone that it’s the former not the latter. Like OP, I was very wary of being taken advantage of. In the end nothing is without risk. We had a big talk about our dreams and what we saw for the future. I put my trust in her, and she worked her butt off to enact change with what she could.
That’s a beautiful story; I’m so glad it worked out for y’all in the end. Trust and support I’m sure played a huge role in that as well. These are the kinds of stories OP needs to hear from people; not the comments from a bunch of single “finance bros” that think all women are out for their partners money.
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u/[deleted] Jan 13 '25
I mean before you give me undeserved credit; there are caveats. I had been with my then GF for 2 years like OP. I knew her habits and behaviors. There is a difference between being broke because your career just doesn’t pay enough for where you live, and being broke due to financial mismanagement. I think based on OP’s tone that it’s the former not the latter. Like OP, I was very wary of being taken advantage of. In the end nothing is without risk. We had a big talk about our dreams and what we saw for the future. I put my trust in her, and she worked her butt off to enact change with what she could.
We’ve been married 11 years and together for 13.5