She Got A New Job That Pays Double Her Boyfriend’s Salary, So He Wants Her To Pay Rent Proportional To Her Income, But Since He Already Owns The Apartment, She Thinks Its Unfair
This young woman currently lives with her boyfriend in his apartment. And apparently, the place is completely paid off since her boyfriend’s father gave it to him.
The apartment building is quite new, too, since it was only built about six years ago. It is also located in a very popular area of her city.
Still, ever since moving in, she has given her boyfriend rent which is valued at half of the market rate.
They determine and update this rate every year by looking at how much the other apartments in the building complex are being rented out for.
And while she is only paying half of those rates, she claimed that it is still a large chunk of money. Nonetheless, she agreed to this arrangement upon moving in.
“And other than this, we did everything else 50-50 in the past,” she added.
More recently, though, she landed a new job that came with a drastic pay increase. In fact, she is now making a little over double her boyfriend’s salary.
So, ever since she told her boyfriend about it, he now wants to begin splitting their expenses in proportion to their income and believes that is fair.
But honestly, she really does not agree with him. She does not believe she should have to start paying more of their bills– while everything else remained the same– just because she started a new job.
Halfpoint – stock.adobe.com – illustrative purposes only, not the actual person
“I already pay him rent– enough rent that would get me a same-sized apartment a few weeks away,” she vented.
“So, it is more than fair to him.”
Still, her boyfriend did not agree. Instead, he reportedly made some “very weak” arguments and actually accused her of trying to rip him off.
Regardless, she wound up sticking to her guns and told her boyfriend that they would not split expenses proportional to income under any circumstances.
Ever since the argument, though, she has calmed down a bit and is starting to worry that she was actually in the wrong.
Apparently, she confided in a friend about the situation– and learned that her friend and their boyfriend also make income-based payments. Her friend even claimed that the fact her boyfriend owns the apartment is completely irrelevant in this situation.
So now, she is feeling torn and has been left wondering whether not wanting to split expenses proportional to income with her boyfriend makes her a real jerk or not.
Why do you think her boyfriend still makes her pay rent even though he owns the apartment? Do you think income-based payments are reasonable for general expenses? What about the non-existent “rent” in this scenario? How would you handle this situation?
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