This is a popular practice in some workplaces and it actually leads to terrific salary increases, marriage proposals, etc. |
Sounds like most of the SAHMs in my neighborhood They pop out babies until it's too late to re-enter the workforce, so they can ride the SAH gravy train 'till the end of the line. Ugh. ![]() |
i'm a little ashamed of myself for reading 75 pages and wanting more. but i do. i definitely do. OP- i quoted the above PP in hopes you just missed it and would come back and answer it. I'm wondering if being "the one" for someone else was so long ago that it seems like puppy love to you now. Or if its something that happened during the affair (with complications i can only imagine). |
If you do see other men, do you bring them to the apartment that your boyfriend is subsidizing? If so, does he (your boyfriend) know about it? Is he cool with you seeing other men? Do the other men know about your boyfriend and your arrangement with him? |
Do you really believe this guy didn't spend the day with his kids and wife? I really hope not. It's one thing to be ostensibly ok with being a hooker but quite another to really believe he's not living his life without you. |
LOL! There's the blueprint there, fellas, and the reason to never get married in the first place. |
This may shock you - but some men actually WANT marriage/kids/a family to come home to, too. But, certainly, if your main priority is in having a young, hottie on your arm, don't get married and switch to newer models as needed. |
Clooney did that and now even he is getting married. |
After a while all those young hotties look the same anyway. Better to come home to someone who shares a little common history with you. Raise a family together, have fun, grow old together. |
Spruce up that rec room The boomerang is about to return |
Ha! And I guarantee you read all 70 pages + on this thread :/ |
She is doings this based on the cumulative effect of consistent family financing. Perhaps she earned seed money living rent free with you or via your subsidy, and/or and is likely debt fre from college. A lower SES millennial is not casually rudderless. This is a rare luxury resulting from 3rd or 4th generation wealth. Like teaching skiing in Telluride or waiting tables in Martha's Vineyard....it's just a little break in the action until she gets her doctorate in French Medieval History. |
My family hasn't had a single boomerang because we made it clear there is no return home. She is getting a degree in a practical field and already had 2 internships. Even if she doesn't get her dream job, I doubt she'll be unemployed for long. |
No family money -- I'm a public school teacher who grew up poor. Dad is an accountant whose father had a 10th grade education. We just emphasized that travel beats stuff and opportunity doesn't knock twice. She won't be able to go to Morocco for a week when she has a spouse, kids, and full-time job. Who wants to live in a group home at 28? 21-22 is the time to book a hostel in a country you know nothing about. She should enjoy it now. |
I can't believe I read the whole thing. |