Caveman Circus

I have a coworker who has two kids and is always struggling financially. Most of the time, I end up paying for her breakfast and lunch—probably about 95% of the time. She also frequently asks to “borrow” money, usually in amounts between $20 and $50. The largest amount I’ve lent her was $250.

I’m not exactly rolling in cash myself, but since I don’t have kids, the little extra money I do have for myself often ends up going to her instead. Now, things have escalated. Today, we’re supposed to go to the bank so I can open a loan in my name, with the intention of giving her the full amount. My credit is excellent (hers isn’t, so the loan would only get approved under my name), and the plan is to link her bank account for repayments.

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Pretty simple. We’ve been dating for over eleven years and over the past few years I have brought up my desire to get engaged and married. We have a good relationship, not perfect, but he is someone I have known I’ve wanted to marry for a long time.

Each time I have brought it up, he says it doesn’t make a difference if we’re married, he’s committed to me, doesn’t feel we need to rush to get married, and says he understands where I’m coming from but he’s just indifferent to it at this time.

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