My boyfriend moved in with me 6 months ago. I am a student and he is the owner of an organization. We share all the expenses. When we go shopping it is the same, but he eats twice or thrice my portion. Sometimes my parents have to send me money for upkeep with which I pay my part of rent. Do you think that's fair?
By Bryt M
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First - try to remember why you decided to let your boyfriend move in with you.
Then you can evaluate your situation.
1. Do you still feel the same way - knowing what you know now - would you still let your boyfriend move in?
2. How were you paying your expenses before he moved in? Were your parents helping you before?
3. Were you eating out a lot at your boyfriend's expense? Or were you going "dutch"?
4. Whose name is on the lease?
5. What are your option if he doesn't see anything wrong with the present situation?
There are lots of ways to look at this - maybe your boyfriend could just treat you to night out once a week - at his expense?
Doesn't seem fair to me. You should be paying only 1/3 of the food bill at the least. Negotiating expenses is a great way to judge a persons character.
No, I don't think it's fair. He's taking advantage of you.
There are many things to consider. Do you share cooking, laundry, cleaning and other chores equally? Is one person providing all of the furniture in the place, and is that your boyfriend? Each person contributing an equal amount is the usual way that room mates would divvy up expenses, but an arrangement between a couple might be more equitable if each person contributed according to their ability to do so.
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