Me and my partner have been together for 2.5 years, we are both currently 18. My family loves to travel and go on holiday and we own an apartment in France that we go to every year. My partner however doesn’t go on holiday and has never left the country. He doesn’t have a passport and therefore can’t go away with us. When we first started dating (spring 2019) I asked him to apply for a passport so that he could come away with our family either in the summer or in autumn, and he just said “yeah whatever”. Months later, still no passport or any talk of one. Fast forward to the start of 2020, I ask him to get a passport as my family planned to go abroad to visit relatives/sightsee in April. Him and his dad finally applied via the post, however they never heard back and never got a passport. Luckily for him, COVID happened and it meant we couldn’t visit relatives or go anywhere. I still wanted him to get a passport so when borders did open, we can just go anywhere without hassle. However he kept making excuses. Fast forward again to about October 2020, my boyfriend says that his family can’t afford a passport (which I was of course understanding about, as I know they are quite poor and struggle for money). However, his mother often went shopping and happened to buy £130 trainers that she never wears. (and she’s a stay-at-home mother who never goes anywhere). I was a bit frustrated at that point, because they told their son that they can’t afford a PASSPORT for him but can easily afford some unnecessary branded trainers (unnecessary as she has many many shoes already). Fast forward again to now (June 2021), still no passport. My parents have decided they’ll pay for his passport as a birthday present, as they also want him to come away with us, but his birthday was about 2 weeks ago and we’re just waiting for his parents to get all the info ready. His parents are the main issue as they procrastinate so much that it’s been 2 years since I first asked and there’s still nothing. I’m grateful that they at least tried at the start of 2020, but when they found out it was unsuccessful and got a refund, why couldn’t they apply again? Things are starting to open up now and as soon as borders open, me and my family are gone, and probably without my boyfriend. He doesn’t seem care much about it either, he’s never been on a proper holiday and therefore doesn’t know what he’s missing, so he doesn’t care for it. I don’t know what to do, I can’t tell his parents to do it because it’s not my place, I can only tell him, but he’s getting sick of me asking so much.