I live over an hour away from my hometown and my family. I moved to a city that my boyfriend was living in when we started dating. I don't have friends here I don't know anyone here or where to go to hang out and meet new friends. I've been living here over a year and I just wanna move closer. My boyfriend works so much and even when offered to have a day off he chooses to work, he says we need the money and he doesn't want to live tight, but we were able to spend almost $1400 on Christmas gifts and other nonessential things in December if anything we just need to spend it a little wiser. We barely spend time together. I leave for work almost as soon as he gets home and he is asleep when I get home. I've told him how I want to spend more time together but he's happy with the amount of time we spend together and doesn't think we need to spend more time together (he has like 1 day off every week if he doesn't choose to work that day, I have weekends off), I've discussed how I feel lonely here and want to move closer to my family and hometown. He loves this city we live in and seems like he doesn't want me to hang out with certain cousins because they smoke and party all the time. They don't really smoke and only party on holidays like Halloween and new years <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.glow.android.eve">eve</a>, etc. He's met them once and when I recently stopped there and he refused to get out and hang out which it was chilly so it made me feel bad for staying too long so I left sooner then I wanted to. But he said I could hang out with them because I'm a big girl and know better then to get in trouble. ...?

We can't get a pet because he don't like animals. We have 3 kids between us (from previous relationships) that are in school. I get so bored and lonely. I want a dog so I can take it for walk and play and just do something during the day but it doesn't matter how I feel or why I want one because we're not getting o e because he doesn't like them. It is his place and he owns it. I'm not even on the lease his ex actually still is.

I just want to be close to people I know. He just wants it to be me and the kids that's why he likes living so far from my family and his but I've always been a family person. I barely get invited to family things besides holidays and birthdays because I live so far away. Other family things like when my parents took all the grandkids to the zoo or sleep overs, etc. I just feel like my kids don't see my family as much either. I want to move closer to my family....