My fiancé and I fight all the time... help me stop it
He asked me to marry him in August and I cried and said yes. I am so excited to have our life together. There are so many stresses in our life right now however and I think that is the root cause of our fighting. We are tight on money, both attending post secondary education (myself a double major in psychology and sociology with a specialization in crime law and deviance, and him at college studying business). He also has been working on a full time fighting career in MMA in the hopes of one day turning professional. We also have two puppies (both 4 days apart and 5 months old). We have only been living in the same apartment since September. And to top it all off the buses went on strike in the city we go to school in and we have been walking over an hour to attend school. Plus it has now entered exam period for both of us.
I think it is all this that we just fight all the time with each other. And I was able to handle it until we began saying nasty things to each other; like down right mean. And he has been talking about maybe taking a break to spend some time away from each other. I am all for the time since we are not used to spending this much time seeing each other but there has been so many couples who take a break and never come back, or find someone else. I am not for the break and I don't know how to stop the fighting to convince him that we are okay. I feel like we are both giving up but I don't want to at all. We are perfect for each other and he is the love of my life.
I've been told that having date nights once in a while would solve all our problems... but like I said we are tight on money and both on financial assistance to even attend school. We could find cheap things to do but I don't think that this is a solve all answer...
Please help I feel mild depression and a lot of anxiety and I cry all the time (in the shower so he doesn't know.. ). I don't know what to do. I love him so much but this has gotten to the point that he doesn't even want to plan the wedding. I am so scared... please help!