Why are you going to give away what you need to be happy?
Great line@effervescance 👍 👌
If I was asked in my life what were MY greatest gifts and luck, it would be that I had great women around me throughout my adult life who I got great advice and wisdom from at different stages, career, relationships, marriage, parenting.
All these women contributed to my happiness and contentment.
They helped me make better, wiser choices.
MY gift was that I was always open to another point of view.
@HollyandIvyandAllThingsYule, my friends youngest daughter has that. Her sister is 5 years older, at 28 had no doubt heard a few stories from friends and gave her younger sister good advice.
The key thing was she was open to that advice, decided to test it out, and saw for herself.
As I said to my friend, what a girl, what a future.
I know I swerved several times in my life and avoided a couple of clusterfxxks by having the ability to hear my friends say "Really Billy, really!!".
I so hope the OP values her own view.
7 months is nothing in a relationship, but it IS enough to listen to a man telling YOU what you should be doing, which will ultimately benefit him, and the absolute folly in going against your own best interests as @effervescent so eloquently writes.