Tired of Sending Other Women to Italy
Years ago I (31 F) had a bf (35 M) who was raised by a single mom. She decided to "retire" in good health in her 40s, so my bf and his brother supported her. One year she complained she never went anywhere, and that she wanted to go to Italy, so they paid for her to take a 2 week trip to Italy. All of this while I was working two jobs, and bf and I slept on a mattress on the floor of our one bedroom apartment struggling to get by.
My most recent bf (26 M) has a mom who does DoorDash part time, but she loves luxury clothes and fine dining. I never understood how she made that work, and I assumed bf's dad was paying for it, since he has a good job.
A few months ago my bf's mom mentioned that her and bf's dad didn't believe in saving for retirement - they blow everything they earn on traveling and luxuries.
A few weeks ago bf's mom mentioned that her and bf's dad were taking a 6 week trip to Europe - Austria, Switzerland, and Italy - in January, and she insisted that bf needed to help pay for it.
I've been stewing on this, and I finally realized why. I work two jobs and I've busted my a** to get ahead, but I've sacrificed so many life experiences along the way. I'm so tired of watching other women retire early or work 10 hours per week and travel the world while I sleep on the floor. I'm tired of working myself to death while some woman clutching a Prada bag holds her hand out for money so she can flounce off to Europe. No! I'm done being with men who want to support their spoiled, entitled, incapable mothers over me. I'm done sending other women to Italy. It's my turn to go to Italy!