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How Messed Up Is This Situation And How Wrong Am I?


Ok, so this is going to be a long story so if you don’t like to read just move along and let someone else answer. Here’s the situation. My girlfriend and I have been living together for about 2 years. When we first got together, she was unemployed and doing college courses online. Meanwhile I’m working at a job I really don’t like but it pays the bills and I know I can always find something better later. Along with the her and I thing, her son (who is 29) was going to college for criminal justice with the dream of becoming a cop. He decides after graduating that he is no longer interested in law enforcement and decides to try to start a fudge company. I know what your thinking and yes that is a weird transition. Anyway, around the time my gf was close to finishing her college courses and getting her bachelors in business something or other, she decides to partner with her son and formed a corporation in the name of the fudge company, with the whole thing being funded from withdrawals from her 401k at extremely high penalties. A couple of months after forming the corporation and way before they had sales or revenue, they both approached me and asked me to come to work for them. I stalled as long as I could and in February I put my notice in with my employer and stared working for them at a substantial pay decrease. I believed in them and their dream enough to take that hit thinking that as things took off I could eventually recover some of the income loss. So, within a week or so of going to work for them, I realized they were not as organized and on top of things as it appeared from the outside. They argued constantly to the point where I was really rethinking my decision to work for them. I had been in contact with my former co-workers and found out that the one of the guys had crashed the truck I had been driving thus eliminating my escape back to that job. I continued to work for my gf and her son, doing whatever I could to improve things and increase sales. In the background I was working on my resume and watching for job openings because I was almost certain this venture was going to blow up in our faces. My gf knew the password to my pc because we really didn’t keep secrets from each other. She found out I was looking. I explained that I was nervous and sales were too low to keep us all going and felt I needed to explore other options. She agreed and asked if I would still help out when I had time. Of course I would. A couple of days after this conversation, she came into my office and with tears in her eyes, told me that with the low sales, she could no longer afford to keep me employed. I figured as much so I just continued my job search. Then the day after I was let go, she went on a major buying spree. She was spending a couple thousand here and a thousand there and on and on buying items that were not really needed until they actually had sales coming in. It was like she was rubbing my face in it. My house was full of stuff for her company. It almost looked like the hoarder stories you see on TLC. No room to walk and it was embarrassing to have company stop by and see stuff piled everywhere. I was annoyed and made no secret about that but then, I found out that the reason she let me go was not because her 401k dried up and there was no more money but because she was angry because I was looking for a different job. I slipped into a depressive state for a couple weeks because of the week job market. We became distant and cold towards each other. After a month with no income, my old boss had a new opening and agreed to take me back. Everything finally came to a head last weekend and I broke up with her and asked her to find a different place to live. No rush but I could not continue to be in a relationship with these hurt feelings and everything else. So, on to my question/s. How messed up is this situation? How wrong am I for feeling hurt and betrayed and breaking up with her?

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