This is SUPER long. Help is greatly appreciated.
I am 21 years old, about a year and a half from my bachelor’s degree in college, and I come from a Christian, no premarital sex, well off family.
My boyfriend is 18, in a GED program, and really immature, even for his age. He moved to texas to be with me, coming from a broken family from CA where all they were were a bunch of potheads, with no jobs(truly, his mom hasn’t worked a day in her life and they are all on welfare) and he and his brother were both in trouble with the law alot.
You probably wonder why I am with this guy. Well, despite his major issues, he has the most passionate and true love for me I’ve ever experienced. He has changed a lot since he went on his own. He works a job, pays his bills mostly on his own, with a little help from family..he is getting his GED test taken very soon with hopes to go to my university, he has stopped smoking cigarettes due to my allergy to nicotine…and now has begun to stop smoking weed.
All because "he wants to marry me someday, and he wants to prove he is the best guy for me."
I love him, but naturally I have my doubts about him. He’s 18 and a guy. Guys mature more slowly than girls…so who knows how he will feel in a few years? We have been together 5 months total. That’s another concern. It’s WAY TOO soon for marriage talk. He says he knows that, but he just KNOWS I’m the one, and he doesn’t care if we wait a few years to get marriied, he just "knows" really early.
My other concerns are…his money management skills? He can be really tempermental,…etc.
I tens to treat him like crap, even though he is really dedicated to being with me and proving his love for me. I’ve tried ending things for awhile to see if we should just wait until he gets older and see if things are still the same. But he insists on staying together because I am "the one." Mind you, he has been saying this every day for like 4 out of the 5 months. Every, day.
So that makes me think, "he must really love me, we must be meant to be." And then I think, "how stupid are we, he is 18. he doesn’t know anything." He says he hates how i stereotype him as the typical 18 year old who doesn’t know what they want…
My point is, he is SO SWEET, and I do feel that LATER ON, as in maybe a YEAR from now, marriage talk could be appropriate. But. I haven’t been very nice to him, and don’t treat him nearly as well as he deserves/he treats me. Because of all these skeptical thoughts running through my head, even though deep down I want him.
What can I do to treat him better?
Please don’t tell me "omg he’s 18" yes, I know, I know that all too well.
Try the website below, it shows you the pro-premarital sex stuff in the Bible that your church will never tell you about.