Changed username for this.
My BF has a good job (around 80k) and lives a comfortable life in London as never married and no kids. He has an expensive taste and expensive hobbies but overall a simple lifestyle, no car, pays rent and works hard. Sometimes he complained that although he was unhappy in his flat it is a good deal for the size and where it is and he has been there long so moving is a faff. Also he is happy to get the tube/bus/uber and doesn't need a car.
Once he complained that he current account was about to run out of money so he quickly had to do a transfer from his other account from the US (where he is from). I though that was weird but I know he uses a credit card (he has a black one but I don't know the merchant) and goes to the US twice a year so I just though he transfers moneys between accounts back and forth.
Not long ago he started talking about moving in together. He has never lived with a romantic partner before but I am divorced twice so I told him - and I was serious - that I see myself in a long term relationship with him as a girlfriend forever BUT the only way I would live with a man again would be if I could pick the house of my dreams with at least 4 en-suites (one for me, one for him, one for DD and one for guests), a garden for my pets, a housekeeper. And I'd also wanted to get married so I could secure resources rather then just move in together. I have been evicted / homeless and gone through a lot of hardship so now that I have my little council flat and building a better career, I'm not about to jeopardise everything for zero financial guarantees.
A few weeks passed and we never spoke about it again. But a few days ago he confessed that the reason why he moved to the UK was to try and live off a salary and independent from the wealth of his family. He has told me that he has money in the US and with his dad being sick and his mum looking after him and all that, he is thinking about what he wants for his future and it involves settling down in a loving and 'proper' relationship and making a woman happy. He said he has seen his siblings and friends getting married, having kids etc and he never thought he wanted to experience that but now that he has met me he is seriously considering proposing at some point but couldn't do it out of the blue as he wanted to know where I stand.
I was seriously shocked and thought he was joking at first but he was dead serious. I then got upset that he has hidden this from me all this time as it feels like he has been testing me all along which is understandable but I feel deceived and as if our whole relationship was a lie.
I told him I needed some time to consider because although I have a modest earning and lifestyle, I have peace and I am content. Also I have to think about my DD. And I don't even know if I know who he is ifywim.
So now he has gone to the US to spend Christmas with his family and we will see each other in the new year once he is back. Our relationship will never be the same again if we carry on even if we don't get married and I'm sad about that. Yes, it would be lovely to get my dream house etc but at what price if it started with a lie?
I'm so conflicted. Would I ever trust him again? I feel I'd live my life waiting for more secrets to come up and never relax.
and BTW he is over 50 so babies are out of question