Benjamin’s Musings

In order to keep up with my spending I have gotten a second job. Yes, in addition to going to school, I work now 2 jobs, and although I am blaming my spending I am really trying to keep my girlfriend happy. She loves to buy things and expects lavish gifts and sometimes I think I should just break it off, but she is hot and I don’t really want her to go anywhere. Recently she has been complaining about the cost of her car insurance to me and I told her she should check out my insurance company, because they gave me a really good rate despite the speeding ticket I received last spring. Well, sure enough she looked into it and got a great rate from them. In the process she must have found a way to link our 2 cars together and so when I get my car insurance it is a bill for both cars combined. I asked her for the money a few times, but as the date for payment came closer, I figured that I better pay it on time, or they might put a mark on my credit, or worse yet cancel my auto insurance. In any case, I called the company and they said that because she claims to live at my apartment, which is I guess is kind of true, we must have a combined bill. Now I am really not sure what to do, but this girl is driving me crazy in more ways than one, if you get my meaning there. I don’t really want her to leave, but she is digging me into a hole that I won’t be able to get out of. I pay the bills and she takes her paycheck out and goes shopping. I don’t want to be her patsy, but I can’t help it. I mean it is cheap car insurance, but it is not the point. She should really pay at least some of her own expenses and my friends agree, but I just can’t confront her, and the whole thing is just getting out of control. My brother says that I need to just dump her because she is just one of those high maintenance women and that won’t change no matter what I say. Maybe he is right, the only way out of this may just be to cut her loose and cut my loses. We will see if I can get up the guts.