Whether should I say to my partner?

Vietnam
September 4, 2010 4:18am CST
My partner can earn much money. But he almost send to his family. I said that he should keep some money for him in order to spend in case of emergency. However, he can't do it. His sister/mother only call him. He'll send them money quickly. Finally, he's always broken. At the beginning, he tell me; but then he hire me to send money for his family. I'm very sad. I know that. However, whether should I say to him I know that? And What could I do in this case?
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13 responses
@laydee (12798)
• Philippines
4 Sep 10
Hmmm.. First, I think I would ask if you were married with the guy or is this 'partnership' legal or something because if it is, you have every right to stop him from doing what he does, after all you need to have money for your future as well. Otherwise, all you could do is advise him, but it would depend on his reaction per se. Is he the type of man who could accept advices?
• Vietnam
5 Sep 10
Yes, he could accept advises which is not bout his family. We'll get married on this November. And now, I don't know whether I should married him.
• India
5 Sep 10
yes this is good that he sends money to his family which are in need but your saying is also correct that he should save money for you and himself in case of emergency. it is a very soft point and to be tackle carefully because if something goes wrowng or if any misunderstaning occurs than your relation may also go down. so in my opinion you should make him undesrstand about this wether it takes a little time for him to understand. if he cares you also than he will undesrstand you.
@nancy0618 (477)
• Philippines
5 Sep 10
i think you should talk to your man one on one about the situation, either you both are married or not, he should be saving something for himself, it is not good to see that he is sending all his money and in the end he had no money left for himself, he also have to eat you know
@deve_annrn (1856)
• Philippines
5 Sep 10
Hi there.., I know you are concern with your boyfriend working hard and ending up being broke because he sent all of his earnings to his family.., He must really love his family for doing so.. I am also like that.., I love my family and if they need anything and i have it.., I am willing to give it all to them even if there's nothing left for me.., But doing it all the time.., is no longer healthy.., We also have to keep something for ourselves.., I guess., you should talk about it with your boyfriend..,in a light way.., Just be careful with your choice of words so that he will not misinterpret your intentions.. ok? Good luck to you..=)
@alpir17 (27)
• Philippines
4 Sep 10
I think you and your partner should talk about the setup. You really need to tell him that your partner should not send his money to his family quickly. He should keep some in case of emergency. Because we cannot tell, when you really need the money. It happened before with me. But me and my husband were able to talk about it in a nice way or I would say it was a heart-to-heart talk. And now we don't really have a problem about it. We can send money to both of our families if it's really needed but we always keep some money to our savings account.
• Philippines
4 Sep 10
He really shouldn't give it all and save some of it for him and his family should understand that always don't depend on others and learn to help their self.
@chiyosan (30184)
• Philippines
4 Sep 10
All you can really do at this point is to give him an advise. I'd say you need not tell him directly but show him concerns that he has to help himself too... and saving for his future would be good way. his weakness is his family and use it too inform him how to improve his way of life.. you could tell him to save more now and to budget whatever it is that he is giving his family so in the future, when there are more important things to deal with, he will have the money to use, or to provide his family with. i am sure he will rethink and consider your advise.
@dodo19 (47211)
• Beaconsfield, Quebec
4 Sep 10
I understand that he wants to help his family. I do think it's thought for him to do so. However, I do think that he shouldn't help them more than he can. I think that he should be able to save some money for himself or something. If he chooses not to, I don't think that he'll be able to enjoy himself or anything. I think that it might cause some problems in the future.
• India
4 Sep 10
Hi hard-to-pronounce-your-name, I think,you should first investigate whether your partner's family really is in such a situation that requires a money-factory!Or leave your partner immediately to save your situation to get worse and stop worrying about your love for your partner (as you said that you are sad).If you were not there what he would have done?He would have taken Lone from Bank,beacuse that's easily available as he is earning.If the situation of his family is that worse,then he'd apply for Loan.I think,you should ask him for Loan.As you both are earning it'd be easier for you to reimburse soon and ask him to stop taking money from you.I think,you are supposed to have problems,may be many,but it would be better for you to stop suffering from giving your earning away,dear. Thanks God bless you
@atv818 (1980)
• United Arab Emirates
4 Sep 10
Hate to inform you but there is so little you can do to change a person's mind or his decision. The only way I can see here is to site actual circumstances to him and be sure to explain or make him recall in the nicest possible way like "Remember, last month when you send this amount and you ended up broke before the end of the month that you have to borrow ..." Be nice to your partner when doing this so that he won't accuse you of nagging. If he still can't figure this out, then I'm sorry to say that the last alternative will be to pray to GOD so that he will be enlightened. Good luck!
@laniekins (4579)
• Philippines
4 Sep 10
I can relate to that, although I am not earning big money I still give it to my mother and sister. Most of the time I was left with my everyday allowance to work, I can't give my self a new things that I need, I always buy the cheaper one cause I give part of my salary to them. In this case, I guess there is nothing we could do, but tell him that he should save some for his self.
@laniekins (4579)
• Philippines
4 Sep 10
I can relate to that, although I am not earning big money I still give it to my mother and sister. Most of the time I was left with my everyday allowance to work, I can't give my self a new things that I need, I always buy the cheaper one cause I give part of my salary to them. In this case, I guess there is nothing we could do, but tell him that he should save some for his self.
@jhyan007 (467)
• Philippines
4 Sep 10
..it would be best to tell your partner to learn to save money...with his experienced right now he should understand the consequences already...he can't just give and give without even having something for himself..try to support him and teach him how to save money..guide him....eventually, he will be able to learn how to save some money for himself..