Do I have to feel bad for buying myself luxury items left and right while my SO is still a student and kinda broke?

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You should feel bad for filling the empty hole in your soul with luxury items. Its bottomless and will never be filled.

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Yo, let me try tho!

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No one is entitled to your money. But if they’re your SO I would imagine you care about them and want their needs to be met. What does broke mean - are they able to afford basic necessities? Are they struggling so much that it takes away from their ability to study? Do they have a family/support system they can get help from?

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Broke in a way that there’s enough money for food and rent and the occasional eat-out, but not much more after that for unnecessities like new clothes. And no, no family money.

If you’re living together and splitting bills 50/50....yeah, maybe. You could do a more equitable split so they’ve also got some disposable income. If not, not really, but I’m sure they’d appreciate getting treated from time to time.

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My two cents would be that sounds ok and I wouldn’t judge from the outside as long as the rent and bills aren’t putting your SO into financial distress

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Nope. But do they guilt you or are they envious?

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Not really, at least not openly, but I have the impression that it scratches the ego a bit.

No not at all. They need step it up

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