About a year into our relationship, my boyfriend (20) got very sick. He has had constant nausea/vomiting, weight loss, diarrhea, yet no doctor has been able to figure out the cause of his symptoms. He is unable to leave the house. For a year now, I have seen him through 2 surgeries, 2 hospital stays, about 2 doctors appointments a week, 2 medical tests a week, and all the emotional turmoil that an undiagnosed condition puts you through. We now live with his parents (I did not want this), and have for 6 months. I absolutely hate living with his parents, and drive 2 hours a day on my commute to school. The emotional strain on me is heavy with him being sick, and his parents are hard to get along with. He is a good boyfriend, and a very sweet guy. He’s very caring and worries about me constantly. Recently though, he has started expressing that he feels I’m not emotionally supportive enough for him. He’s right, I can’t nurture him very well right now because I am having such a hard time emotionally supporting myself. This makes me feel unappreciated because I am sacrificing so much of my life. I am severely depressed. I hate living here. I’m starting to resent him for the situation. I feel like a terrible person because I want to leave. Who leaves their sick boyfriend? But it is so emotionally draining on me and I’m struggling to hang on. I love him and I feel like if the situation were different... but I also don’t want to leave because I care so much for him.
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Time to move close to school, see him on weekends if you want. If he is unhappy, so are you, so why keep this going? Time to agree its too much for you to keep doing. You are not his mother or wife.
you moving out is not the same as leaving him. the fact his parents (who you don't really like) are heavily involved now is making a bad situation worse. you gotta be honest with him, cause you've sacrificed a LOT to support him. 2 hours to drive to school? so 4 hours a day... that's a lot of time and money for just driving. then you come back to an environment that isn't right for you.
It's up to you
leave him. he doesn't need you, because you're selfish, just like women in general.
If you care about him, stay with him. My wife passed away in June, 2013 from cancer. We had less than a stellar marriage and I carried a lot of guilt over my short comings. But I did stay with her to the end.
"If any of you lack wisdom, let him ask of God, which giveth to all men liberally, and upbraideth not: and it shall be given him" (James 1:5, KJV).