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Is this normal - new 'boyfriend'

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whoknew1 · 07/11/2020 07:09

Right. If you started dating someone and after around 1-2 months and them being in your house 4-5 times, they hadn't offered any help with cooking or cleaning, would that be normal, as you are the host and you are not a couple yet?
Also, please imagine a situation that you have a little issue with your car. You asked a friend for help but he cannot sort it out. It's hard to find a garage open or able to accommodate you at a short notice due to covid. So, as a result, you have no car to get to work until it's sorted and you find a garage. A man you have been dating knows about the situation, he expresses that 'yes, I know it's a pain' and you got to 'keep looking for a garage, that's all you can do'. He has 3 days off work now and hasn't offered any help or even looking at your car (despite being a lorry driver in the past, so I take he knows something about cars etc).
Is this normal?
Am I expevting too much thinking he should have offered help with cooking, cleaning and at least trying to look at the car? I haven't asked specifically for help as it's just embarrassing for me to do so, if he does not just want to help naturally, if that makes sense?

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wishywashywoowoo70 · 08/11/2020 08:26

Good for you OP.

Onwards and upwards.

Give it a few weeks then reread both your threads. You'll laugh at how much of a CF he is

Dappled · 08/11/2020 10:35

Well done @whoknew1 - definitely sounds like the right decision.

ginghamtablecloths · 13/11/2020 11:44

He sounds self-centred, too self-absorbed to lend a hand, rather like someone I know who never, ever helps with anything and expects others to pander to him like he is the most important person in the room. Egotistical. You could spend your life acting as a servant to this man, constantly reminding him that, "it's not all about you" - do you want this? I wouldn't. At the start of a relationship one is usually on one's best behaviour - if this is the best he can do then he's not up to much, is he? Raise your standards.

MummyofTw0 · 13/11/2020 11:51

Well done poster

He sounded like a child

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