My boyfriend lives in the UK and i live in Africa. We met via a mutual friend, we're both 28years old.
we met back in March. In April/May, i realized that the cost of communication is high, so i suggested he purchases iPhone for both of us so we can Skype easily instead of waste money buying call cards (he refused)
my birthday was a few weeks ago, i didn't even get as much as a card.
Our mutual friend visited him in the UK, he didn't feel the need to send something as simple as a box of chocolate.
I recently asked him for 100pounds because i was broke, he told me he wasn't working and can't afford to spend any money even though i know he has over 2000pounds stashed up somewhere.
background about me: i own my own business in my country and can afford to buy anything i want, but will also like to know that if i need my partner to raise me cash he'll be there, i also feel like buying your partner a gift should come natural.
his background, he was working until recently due to the double dip recession in the UK. He doesn't feel he should touch his savings because he is not sure when he'll be getting a job.
i hooked up with him because he was young and innocent (I've dated a lot of older/jaded guys in the past). He brings me joy.
but when it comes to discussing business, he doesn't stimulate my mind at all and the fact that he is stingy gets to me a whole lot.
What should i do? Dump him or train him on how to be a better man?