Her Boyfriend Just Bought His First Home And Asked Her To Move In With Him, But He’s Expecting Her To Pay Him Rent
When buying or renting a home with a significant other, figuring out how you’ll be splitting the bills can sometimes get complicated.
Not everyone wants to split things 50/50, and there are a lot of factors that go into who pays what.
One woman has gotten into a disagreement with her boyfriend after he asked her to live in his new house and give him rent money.
She’s 27-years-old and has a 31-year-old boyfriend. Her boyfriend just bought his first home, which is a big achievement.
He’s asked her to move into his house with him, but she’s starting to get overwhelmed with how they’ll split up expenses.
Her boyfriend has much more money than she does, as his salary is about five times higher than hers.
However, throughout their relationship, they’ve split many costs 50/50.
She is currently living in an apartment that she pays rent for. When her boyfriend asked her to move into his house, she figured she could pay all the utilities along with food expenses to contribute.
However, her boyfriend didn’t like that idea. Instead, he wants her to pay him “rent,” which would equal what she’s been paying for her current apartment.
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Not only would she pay him rent, but she would also be responsible for a lot of the domestic duties around the house.
After some back and forth, they decided that if she moved in with him, she would pay him a fixed amount of money every month instead of trying to split up a bunch of different bills.
Looking back on their relationship, she’s always struggled to keep up with her boyfriend and his lifestyle financially.
He works hard to make money and should be able to treat himself to what he wants, but she can’t always partake or live the same kind of life.
Her boyfriend has also always been very particular about money and already laid out exactly how he would want to handle their finances if they stayed together far into the future.
He would want to keep their bank accounts totally separated, as he fears that one day she’ll decide to use him for his money.
Then, she realized that if she stayed where she was already living and didn’t have to pay her boyfriend any rent costs, she would save enough to buy her own home by the end of the year.
When she spoke to him, he told her that if she moved into his house and paid him rent, it would benefit his credit.
He also clarified that even if she started living in his house, he would always keep the property in his name.
“I explained to him that I can’t keep up with his lifestyle as I won’t earn as much as he does,” she said.
“However, he became skeptical and hurt, implying that I’m only with him for his money and calling me an idiot for not understanding the situation, for not seeing things as they are.”
Now, she’s wondering if she should keep their financial situations totally separate or try to get her boyfriend to work with her to own a property and build a life together.
If you were in her position, would you move in with him or save to buy your own house?
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