Is it wrong for me to want more out of my fiance, like ambition....

February 19, 2007 8:20am CST
and a get-up-and-go attitude form him!!!! I love him dearly and he is the world to me but he has a job he doesn't like and ocmplains about it all the time but in the two years we have been together he hasn't made a decision to leave this job. He says the money is good but I don't think that's a reason to stay in a job! Last night I shouted at him and said some hurtful things because he had to fix his bike for work in the morning but he hadn't done it all weekend. So I told himt o do it right away...of course he truned around and said he would do it in the morning, I said he would be late for work and since he is on his last warning he would lose his job for bein a minute late! I told him procrastination was his down fall...he got annoyed saying I always pick on him for it so i brought up the job thing and said he has said he wants a career in IT and I got all the forms for him to do it part-time but he just bins them!!! I told him the only way he will leave that job was when he got fired!!! I know it was hurtful but I went on to say I just want thim to be ambitious and better himself!!!! ( i am currently in the process of completing my social work degree so I can work in my dream job)- i used to procrastinate and now don't so I hate seeing it in others!!!! Was i worng to say it and is it wrong for me to want him to have more drive and ambition ofr more work wise???? PS: We are fine, he isn't mad at me but the words are out....
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@nashelsky (124)
• Singapore
19 Feb 07
no, it is not wrong at all. you should push him . if he loves you, he will not feel get annoyed. money should not be the reason to stay at the job. being a little ambitious is good. hope you two can get over the problem soon. good luck, girl.
19 Feb 07
thanks so much for understanding me and the issue, i wouldn't say it's a problem, just a little irritation!!! I will continue to encourage, like I do and hopefully he willsee I am not trying to change him just helping him achieve what he has told me he wants!!! Thanks again, cheers
19 Feb 07
I think you have to accept people the way they are. If he doesn't want to do something enough, he won't be motivated to try. Perhaps he doesn't believe he is good enough to do the job he wants to or is scared of failure so sets himself up to fail so that he knows that it is his fault if something doesn't work out. I think you need to praise him up when he is working well and show him that you love him and this will help him feel better about himself and might make him try harder.
19 Feb 07
i kew this is the kind of response I would get...I do praise him up aall the time and he is happy it is just he is a little negative about what he is capable of...he left school at 16, he is 35 this year so he is porbably a little afraid to learn but I could help there. I do accept him for veverythhign he is...he is the one who has planted this idea that he wants to do IT and dhow he will do it but he hasn't taken any steps to fulfil the dream!!!! That's what's annoying me...it's liek when someone says i need to lose weight, I'll jog etc...but they eat a large pizza in one sitting, then afterwards say I need to lose weight I'm fat!!!! Can you see what I mean, it is frustrating for me to listen to and not do anythign about it!!! Thanks for sharing!!!