My GF who I’ve been with over a year had lost her job because she was letting people steal food because she felt bad for them. Eventually her boss found out and sacked her with immediate effect, also threatening to get the police involved.
Some background information, my GF does have severe autism so sometimes she doesn’t know she is doing wrong and thinks helping people is most important and often forgets company policies etc.
For the past 8 months after losing her job which she held for a year and was job hopping previously she was able to get 2 interviews both of which she never got the job and the rest had never even responded to her resume.
She then gave up and broke down to me saying she’ll never be able to find work because of what she had done and lack of qualifications etc. Soon after she had gotten in touch with her parents to sign up for disability benefits to which she was granted due to her autism, now she doesn’t have to work as she gets paid just enough to stay afloat and no more. So the house we live in she’s able to pay all the bills for and such along with groceries.
The issue is she wants more, like if we need a new phone, drive to places, eating out, and such. All these leisure activities come out of my pocket whereas before we could easily split the costs between us. This has taken an effect on me financially as before I’d maybe spend 400 to 500 a month, now spending sometimes up to 1600 to 1700 when my wage is only 1800 a month.
TL;DR – GF with autism lost her job and now gets government disability payments may never be able to work again. Doesn’t get paid as much as she used to so now is straining me financially. Looking for next steps.
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Is she paying all the household bills with her disability or only her portion? It sounds like she’s covering the household bills and you cover leisure, which is a pretty sweet deal on your end if that’s how it’s set up.
>So the house we live in she’s able to pay all the bills for and such along with groceries.
So she’s paying for you yo live off her disability?
>The issue is she wants more…
All these leisure activities come out of my pocket whereas before we could easily split the costs between us.
Yeah i think i can see who the freeloader is here.
Keep splitting bills and give her the money in cash. This way it doesn’t touch her account and can’t be counted as income. Get her a rechargeable disposable visa for online purchases.
edited to add: this gives her a clear understanding of how much fun/saving money she has each month.
Why don’t you split the household bills and the leisure between you? Then she isn’t relying on your income for what she wants to do.
1800 a month where do you guys live.
How much does she spend per month covering all the bills and groceries? Is it more than you? Or about equal because if it’s not equal then figure out if you’re paying enough or too much