Okay, so I (27F) am in school and my boyfriend (27M) of three years is currently working but was on ei for 6 months and just recently started working again.

During that time I was almost exclusively coving the all of the groceries and blew through my $5000 in savings, $5000 in student loans that I received, and the $5000 I borrowed from my mom (however he didn’t know I had borrowed from my mom). Also keep in mind I live in Canada .. shits expensive and we had to move during that time as well.

Now that he has a job, I thought it would take some of the pressure off us however his vehicle just broke down and had to go into the shop to get fixed as he needs his vehicle for work. I’m still covering all of the groceries and covered part of his rent last month. I know he’ll pay me the rent back but I’m currently out of money and am putting all expenses on my credit card now. Classes end in 2 weeks and I have a decent paying job lined up as soon as I’m done classes but still. I don’t want to pay off a large credit card balance.

Then last night I find out he has a tattoo booked for Wednesday and I ended up getting mad at him for it even though it’s going to be a smaller tattoo. I’m frustrated that we’ve been financially struggling so hard for MONTHS while I’m in school and as soon as he has a job he’s spending his money on a tattoo instead of helping me with groceries. His response is that we have lots of food in the freezer that we can eat, which is true, but I’m in an incredibly demanding program in school and about to start finals and have a bunch of huge final projects so I don’t have the time or energy to be cooking dinners right now cause everything that’s in the freezer is ingredients and he doesn’t really cook. Mind you, I haven’t complained even once about footing the bulk of expenses, or covering part of his rent or that his car broke down or anything.. I even offered to help pay for his vehicle to get fixed if he needed cause I knew it was essential that it be fixed.

But now he’s mad at me for being mad about it and slept on the couch last night. So AITAH?