There’s plenty of more affordable places, just go south or to the peninsula or literally anywhere outside the I-5 corridor and there’s probably some affordable apartments.

I doubt you’ll find any LGBTQ+ friendly photographers in forks

You should probably figure out what’s going on but don’t rush it he obviously isn’t ready to talk about it yet. Give him some time before you ask again

He clearly isn’t ready to talk about it yet so give him some time and then gently ask him to tell you what’s bothering him.

Something was obviously bothering him then, he was lying when he said he was fine.