It’s Okay That Your 20-Something Boyfriend Is Broke
“I let social media influence me too much. Last year, I cheated on my ex because I thought he was a bum because he wasn’t funding me to have a luxury lifestyle like I see others have on TikTok. The whole time, he was saving money to adopt his nephews. I want him back, but he hates me now,” a TikTok user captioned her video. She’s hardly alone.
There’s nothing like social media to create dissatisfaction in your life. Just when you start feeling confident about your body, you come across a fitness influencer whose physique brews insecurity in your own. As soon as you begin to feel at peace about being single, a girl you went to high school with posts magical wedding photos, and you’re back to square one. Right when you settle into your new fixer-upper house that you and your husband saved for years to get, a 20-year-old TikToker shares a tour of the brand new $4 million mansion she bought in the Hollywood Hills, and suddenly, your living room doesn’t please you like it did just a few minutes ago.