Woman Stands Firm When Boyfriend Pressures Her to Quit Office Job to Be ‘Free’ and Live Off Grid, Resulting in Ultimatum About Their Relationship

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    r/AITAH 1 day ago Affectionate_Sir7593 AITA for refusing to quit my job 'cause my boyfriend thinks the corporate world is "soul- sucking"?
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    So I've been dating this guy (27M) for two years now. Dude is like anti-corporate to the extreme. He's constantly going off about how capitalism is trash, anyone working a "normal" job is brainwashed, blah blah blah. Meanwhile, I'm (25F) actually doing pretty well at my office job. I mean, it's not my "life's passion"
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    or anything, but it's solid, I'm decent at it, and hey, it pays the bills.
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    About a year ago, he started pushing me to quit. According to him, I need to "break free" from this "slave mindset" and, I quote, "find myself." He keeps talking about how we could live this carefree, spontaneous life, "following our souls" or whatever. He's got these big dreams of us "living off the grid" with zero responsibilities...
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    but no actual plan on how we're supposed to survive other than "going with the flow." When I asked for real details, he just got vague and started saying I don't understand what true freedom is.
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    So, just a couple days ago, he gave me this ultimatum: either I quit my job and "wake up to real life," or he's out, because he's done dating an “office zombie.” And, to make things worse, he says I'm the one holding him back 'cause my "chains" are stressing him out. I tried explaining that, like, I actually like
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    my life the way it is, and it's my paycheck that's covering our rent and food half the time, not his little "side hustles."
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    When I told him no way, he stormed out, and now half our friends are telling me I'm missing out on a "once-in-a-lifetime" chance to live my best life. The other half thinks he's just trying to guilt-trip me into dropping everything to follow his fantasy.
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    So, AITA for choosing stability and not jumping into his whole "free spirit" lifestyle? Like, sorry, but someone's gotta be the adult here, right?
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    Freerangechickem • 1d ago • It sounds like he is the one draining your resources and holding you back. Free time isn't that fun when you have zero dollars. Set that free spirit free
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    Quirky_Indepen... 1d ago • NTA. The trash took itself out. Let us know how the poor man's Bear Grylls is doing once you close your wallet to him
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    BlackEyed Rat • 1d ago. I mean alternative lifestyles are cool and I am envious of them often as a fellow "corporate drone". But they also require a pretty rare set of circumstances to work comfortably. You either need a well paid freelance or influencer role or a good amount of startup capital.
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    He may hate capitalism but at the end of the day money makes the world go round and he'll find "true freedom" without any cash is a difficult path to walk. I'm also confused as to what you are missing out on by breaking up? What is this dude providing that literally
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    anybody couldn't provide? You could decide a week after dumping this loser that you want the vanlife and then it would be open to you to pursue that, without this anchor on your finances.
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    Rooster_Fish-II • 1d ago • NTA. Sounds like a loser. All those grand plans of living off the grid, blah blah blah, are for trust fund influencers who don't live in reality.
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    Life costs money and money comes from somewhere. Living in a van down by the river, delivering DoorDash might work for him but it doesn't make you wrong. Let him go and focus on your own happiness.
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    Ok_Resource_85... 1d ago I only have one thing to add. Do NOT 'loan' him money to fund his off grid life. You know he is going to try to guilt you into it because you held him back. And all those friends telling you to go with him, can fund him.
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    PatentlyRidicul... • 1d ago • NTA. Can't wait to see how he feels about your corporate job and capitalism when he needs to go to the hospital Boot him
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    AdWaste3417 • 1d ago • He sounds like Chris McCandless! Wants to run off and be free but with no plan for long term survival whatsoever.... Ask if he's read "Into The Wild" recently? Just curious. You're no kind of a hole for not wanting to do this with him,
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    PARTICULARLY because he has NO plan. Some survivalist homesteaders do absolutely incredible, but they learned how and made a plan first. It takes a lot of work to stay warm and dry and fed and hydrated out there. I'd rather go to the grocery store than have to shoot squirrels to eat and
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    pray all my crops grow right. Sounds stressful.

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