When 25-year-old Jacob Battersby met his girlfriend, he was determined to impress, splurging on flashy watches, expensive cars, and lavish holidays.
‘I’ve been in three main relationships in my life and after every single one, I’ve always been in debt,’ Jacob, a content creator from Manchester, tells Metro.
Growing up, he says that money was tight. ‘Every transaction was recorded,‘ he explains. ‘We didn’t go on mad holidays abroad. It was very, very rigid.‘
So when he had access to his own cash, he began splashing out — and it got worse when in a relationship.
Aged 17, he met his first girlfriend, and was earning…