Is it normal that my boyfriend never pays?

I have recently finished a degree at uni and have a part time job. I am desperately looking for full time work at the moment but luckily my part time job has given me lots of overtime to help tide me over financially whilst seeking full time employment. My boyfriend has had a full time job which pays well since we've been together. I've worked out that he earns roughly about three times what I earn.

I pay for almost everything we do. I can actually count on one hand the amount of times he's paid for a meal/coffee etc whereas I know that I have spent hundreds of pounds on going for meals,cinema,drinks etc.
Whilst being a full time student , when I received my loan I treated us to lots of meals/nights out etc , I also treated him to a £40 t-shirt but I quickly realized that my student loan was less that one months wages for him and felt foolish because he had never done the same sort of thing for me.
I've also recently noticed lately that when we go out , he almost always forgets his card or never has cash on him. I feel that this is because he has become so complacent with me paying for things it is just expected. I am starting to feel taken advantage of.

We recently attended one of my uni friends wedding party. I planned to buy myself a new dress to wear to look nice as I hadnt seen my uni friends for a while. Unfortunately , due trips to the pub , coffee and Sainsburys which I ended up paying for , I couldnt afford a new dress and had to wear one that I already had. He bought himself some new clothes to wear and said to me for a joke that he was going to 'out do' me at the party. When I got dressed he questioned me about why I hadnt bought a new dress. This really upset me as it made me realise that he's happy to sit back and let me spend all my money on nights out and keeps all of his money to spend on himself. He's always buying himself new clothes , shoes , guitar accessories , whereas Im left with nothing spare for myself at the end of the month and have to go without.

Whilst at the party my friends were telling me about how much their boyfriends spoiled them with jewellery and meals etc. I felt too embarrassed to say that not only has my boyfriend NEVER bought me anything but he's happy to sit back and let me spend all my money on days/nights out and see me go without while he's got all his money for himself.

We've talked about this numerous times , even my mother has questioned him about why all my money is gone and that he never pays for anything. He always replies ' you must let me pay for things' or ' I will next time' but next time comes around and he never does. He's been saying for a long time that he would like to live with me but has made no attempt to save any money from his salary towards moving in together. Now I have a full time job , he's telling me not to 'go mad' with my first pay cheque as we need to save to move in together even though all of his pay cheques have gone on clothes.

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Comments ( 11 )
  • Inspector019

    Time to upgrade!

    Let's put it simple. A dick is a dick so it can't be the sex you're staying for. It surely isn't because of his generosity or his demonstration that he cares for you.

    Sooooo....ditch his ass before people start to wonder if you are retarded or have a defect for staying with the loser.

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  • joybird

    Please please dump this scrounger!!!

    He's abusing you and spoiling himself coz he believes he deserves it coz he breathes. Write out a list detailing what you actually do love about him and one detailing what you don't like about him. I bet I know which one's longer!

    You need to leave the house without your own purse and make sure he can see it! Bet he has his cards in the restaurant that night!

    This is going nowhere, he will clean you out, get you into debt with credit cards etc and then do what they all do - dump you!!!

    Please run!!!

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  • anee94

    Wow that's messed up... You need to have a serious long talk with him about that or just tell him ahead of time that your not going to pay so he doesn't "forget" his card.

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  • JD-795

    Wow he's a major dick!!! I had a bf like that, he never payed for ANYTHING. So I suggest to do what I did dump his ass and get one that will treat you right!

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  • dappled

    One thing I didn't understand is that, at the start of the post, you were desperately looking for full-time work and at the end of the post you have a full-time job.

    That aside, your boyfriend's attitude isn't good. He sounds like someone who'll take whatever he can, make excuses, and basically do anything he can to look after number one. My last girlfriend didn't earn much. If I didn't pay more often than not, she'd have been broke all the time. I cared enough about her to want to be happy when she wasn't in my presence, as well as when she was.

    Your boyfriend's crack about "outdoing" you seems mean-spirited too. He's in a relationship, not a competition. I don't want to be rude but he sounds awful.

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  • mumbum

    He sounds completely horrid ... Find someone who actually cares about you.

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  • MooImAFish

    You deserve it. Stop paying for his shit. Next time you go out inform him that he needs his card. Derr?

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  • wistfulmaiden

    I hate cheap men! Id dump his ass faster than the New York mafia dumps a body.

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  • Plaid

    Put yourself FIRST. it's great to be able to treat someone else... but not at the expense of yourself. He needs to stop being a moocher. And you need to stop letting him take advantage of you.

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  • AaronW

    "I am desperately looking for full time work at the moment"

    3 paragraphs later:

    "Now I have a full time job"

    So in the space of 3 paragraphs of writing you found your job?? I'm sorry but this post is obviously being untruthful and sounds rather fantastic (the friends "jewelry and amazing presents"). Just too kooky aside from the proven fact of making stuff up about the job.

    I would say it is NOT normal to make up stories like this on the internet.

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  • aussiewolf

    well what is so hard about not paying for him?

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