Lately I have been wondering if I am where I am supposed to be. My boyfriend and I have a daughter. We had a good relationship at first, but that\’s the way it is everywhere. We have only been dating for a couple of years. Lately I feel like his true side is starting to show. We really don\’t get along anymore. I am very different from him. I have visions and goals, I am trying to work on myself, and I am working on my relationship with my daughter. I know I have some issues with him and I am trying to communicate and resolve them. Unfortunately, he is a different type of man. He doesn\’t deal with anything and doesn\’t care about anything. His life is probably full of routine and he will never get anywhere.”
We argue a lot and he either has a job or a hobby so I spend most of my time alone with the little one, 80% of the time really. The rest of the time he likes to stay home and just lay in front of the TV and I rarely take him out or make him do anything. He likes my daughter and I think he likes me too. When I tell him that it bothers me that he is always on the phone or in front of the TV, that I don\’t mind if he has hobbies, but I really want him to spend his time at home with us (meaning I want him to use it well, not sitting next to me looking at his phone), he says, “You always want to change me, but I\’m that kind of person, Get used to it.”
Anyway, his behavior has hurt me and my daughter has distanced herself from him. He has not treated me well as a wife. When I told him about this he said Whenever I have a problem, he tells me to solve it myself. Anyway, I am afraid that I will not be happy with him in the future. We are already in a less than ideal situation, and lately it doesn\’t feel like we are just surviving and connecting and spending time together.