[39/f] My boyfriend (41/m) quit his job to become a professional wrestler.

We both work full time but we don't make a lot of money from our jobs. We do make above minimum wage and both our checks are necessary to pay the bills. He's also very obsessed with wrestling, He watches it multiple times a week and often goes to Indy shows around us. He also blows a lot of money of crap, like buying actual gear the wrestlers wore in the ring. We also have 2 kids (17 and 7)

HIs boss called the house today, he asked me if my boyfriend was ok and that he suddenly quit today. I told them i had no idea what's going on. He got home, i asked why he quit. He sat the family down and said he was pursuing a childhood dream, he was going to train to become a professional wrestler and was quitting to pursue that. I asked how we'd pay for that, he said we could get it out of the savings account. I asked about bills and he said we'll just have to cut back, maybe get cheaper plans on internet and cancel the netflix, oh and buy generic groceries.

I don't know what to do. He's in his 40's and isn't even much of an athlete, he's on the husky side, plus he's only 5'8'. I guess it wasn't enough to watch this crap every week, now he wants to be in the show. I tried telling him this and he brought up how many wrestlers got started when they were older and a lot of wrestlers have been overweight. I tried telling him to at least work part time, but he said it takes dedication and he's sick of working like a dog all day, "It's time i do something for myself."

I'm pretty sure he's having a midlife crisis. I don't know what to even do about this. How can i get through to him? That we can't afford him to go through with this and that he's not built for wrestling.

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tl;dr: Boyfriend quit his job suddenly to pursue wrestling. He's not much of an athlete and we can't afford to do without his paycheck because of our kids and the bills. How can i get through to him?