Quote Originally Posted by slotbender View Post
Dina, you've stated that you are a very generous person towards siblings & some friends. You also stated that your BF doesn't have much discretionary income. After analyzing what you've said I can picture a situation where the BF in this relationship is becoming "controlling" over you and your $$. Could it be that he thinks that the money that you spend for gambling takes your $$ (generosity) away from him? I know that there are alotta guys out there that have no shame in taking advantage of women and their monies. This is my twist on this and I have to agree with @goldengreeke on this one : )
Thanks, slotbender. He's not really like that abt money generally. We're pretty evenly split, skewing towards him paying, for everyday dating things. I've treated on some nice meals but he picks up the tab on most of our dates. I think it's more that he's insecure about the differences? And me gambling is an easy way to tell the difference in discretionary income.

He's really not a bad guy - he's pretty wonderful in many other areas. I feel like I'm portraying him very badly and that makes me sad.


Quote Originally Posted by dvandentop View Post
I would change the plans and go somewhere besides Vegas sounds like it would become an issue during the trip and no one wants to be fighting or arguing during a vacation together.
I've offered to change many times at this point. The issue now is that we're going away beginning the Friday of MDW and airfare to many other places is really high. I do think we'll have a ton of fun in Vegas for all of the other things that Vegas offers. At least that's what I'm hoping.