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Was I right to break off my engagement because of long-term money issues and bad spending habits?

I've always been disciplined with saving and planning for money, but he struggled with overspending and staying employed.

Now that he's moved out, I've taken on full financial responsibilities myself.

How can I stay on top of my bills while saving and protecting my future?

Ooh, that was like 20, 20 things in one. Okay, we'll tackle the first part first. So were you right to break this off because of red flags that were not attended to that he clearly, this was a value you had. And this is a value

every woman has is, if I'm going to marry some guy, he's got to be able to do at least two things.

Provide and protect, right? That's the reason why we find a mate, primarily speaking. And you're saying

he can't provide for the future. This was red flags that this guy can't hold a job.

He's going to continually go into debt, put us in a financial bind. Therefore, I'm out. And

essentially, he opted out of this engagement by continuing these habits that you made clear. Am I

hearing that right? Yes, that's correct. Wow. I mean, that's your choice. That's your prerogative.

I say bullet dodged because it's either this or a divorce later on. I'd rather, you know, nip it in the bud while we can. Yeah, so many people, I would really, I mean, I wasn't there. I'm just going by what you said. But based on what you said, I would applaud you for it because so many people ignore red flags. because you get so far down the line, it's like, I can't turn back now, and it's kind of like a sunk costing.

Or scarier. They go, well, he'll change. people ignore red flags because you get so far down the line it's like I can't turn back now

and it's kind of like a sunk cost thing or scarier they go well he'll change once we're married

well never going to happen okay now if he called into the show briana what would he say if he were

to defend his honor you know i i would see that he's always tried to maintain a job, but it's just never

worked out. Before I previously knew him, he was employed for seven years doing software sales,

and now he just can't, ever since I got together with him, he can't hold a job just because

the market's been so unsteady. And how long was the entire thing? How long was the dating and then the engagement?

Total everything was about two and a half years.

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