Moving Away

She is seldom home anymore. The expenses remain, but she is with her new partner every weekend and some nights during the week. He gets the space to himself, but he is straining to keep up with the bills and still put some money away for retirement. She is in love, which is great on so many levels, but after seven years of supporting her he has drained his savings and the return of his supporting him will not happen. So there will be no easy retirement, no comfortable senior years, just more work until he drops. He may be feeling sorry for himself, but he knows this is the life he chose. He loves giving, helping, nurturing, so he does it. He lives for today because he might not be here tomorrow. She may stay another year and start paying more of her share, which would be great because he could pay off his car and have no debts, just living expenses, but she is in love and wants to be with her girl. Tough choice, but she is moving away.