I just received a decent inheritance from my grandmother who passed earlier this year. We were really close. She left me around $25k, which I plan to use partly for college, partly for a car, and maybe to travel someday.
Now here’s the issue: I’ve been with my boyfriend for about 1.5 years. Things have been mostly good, he’s charming, funny, and supportive in many ways. But he’s never really had a steady job. He works odd gigs, and recently quit a delivery job he had been doing for a couple of months.
When I asked him why he quit, he said, “Well, now that you’ve got the inheritance, I figured we can finally focus on us instead of stressing over money.” I honestly thought he was joking, but he wasn’t.
I told him I wasn’t planning on using the money to support anyone it was for me, for things my grandma wanted me to do. He got mad and said I was being selfish, and that in a “real relationship” people help each other. He’s now telling mutual friends that I’m hoarding money and “leaving him behind.”
Some of our friends are split some say I’m right to have boundaries, others think I should share at least a little with him if I’m serious about the relationship.
He’s been distant ever since, and even hinted that I’m “not wife material” if I can’t “build with him from the start.”
Now I’m feeling super conflicted. I don’t want to be taken advantage of, but I also don’t want to be seen as heartless.
So, AITA for not wanting to share my inheritance with my boyfriend?
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