Posted 07-18-2009 at 11:27 AM by Fabby
Updated 07-18-2009 at 11:31 AM by Fabby
[COLOR=#0F8A7D][SIZE="1"][COLOR=#0F8A7D][SIZE="1"]Me and my boyfriend's anniversary is coming up on the twentieth. For more than a month we've been planning a trip up to Grand Lake for said anniversary. All was well and dandy up until about... maybe about two weeks ago, when my boyfriend started to go "oh wait, this costs MONEY."
It's never been a secret that this trip is going to be pretty expensive, and I've been rather upfront about the fact that I have very little money. He always seemed okay with shouldering most of the cost, though, so I figured he had it worked out. You see, he's been saving up for a laptop rather diligently and the trip money would be coming from his savings... but I figured he knew that and was okay with it.
Apparently, I was wrong, because he started to realize eventually that he couldn't get both the laptop and go on the trip at the same time. Ultimately, he ended up blowing off the trip (since apparently we had our hearts set on Grand Lake and couldn't go to a cheaper town) and buying his computer instead.
Well... I'm sort of upset. I mean, it is his money and obviously it's his to spend how he pleases, but why the hell didn't he realize that the two were going to conflict sooner?! It's just a matter of basic math to figure out that there isn't enough money for both, and he plans things like nuts. I'm just irritated that he came across this little revelation so late in the game.
And what really gets me, I guess, is that he doesn't even NEED this computer. He says he does, but the fact of the matter is he doesn't. It sucks that his laptop recently broke down, but he does have easy access to another computer. Considering that he hasn't made any steps towards going back to college, I wouldn't say he has a desperate need for a computer to work on film stuff. He hasn't even done a side project in months.
I'm not all bent out of shape over this or anything, but it hurt a little that he blew off the entire trip because he wanted his computer NAO.
For the record, said trip would not have wiped out his savings.. he just would have had to wait maybe another month to buy his computer.
But then again, he's always exaggerating how much he NEEDS things. Rather than saving up to, say, MOVE OUT OF HIS DAD'S HOUSE, he wants to save up to buy some sort of Adobe suite. The icing on the cake is that he asked me to help him pay for it.. and I don't even have enough money to buy us Taco Bell. Sorry, but I have absolutely no fucking income at all. Any money I can save is staying in my savings account as emergency money, hopefully to go towards something like an apartment or college. It seems no matter how often I remind him that he has a lot of things that need paying for before buying all this fancy film equipment, he never stops going on about how much he needs it. I mean, he will need it EVENTUALLY, but right now he should be working on getting a car or something. :\ His heart's in the right place, I guess, but he only wants to save up for the fancy shiny toys. Well, if he's not going to listen to me then I guess I have to let him screw up before he'll start saving his money in a wise fashion.
(But what do I know? I'm just a stupid teenager who has no concept of real life.)
Sorry. I just wanted to get that out, I guess.[/SIZE][/COLOR][/SIZE][/COLOR]
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