Entitled Rich Boyfriend Insists That His Girlfriend Move In for Free, Then Changes His Mind and Makes Her Pay $2.5K in Rent

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    Font - AITA for moving out because I don't want to help my bf out with the rent? My boyfriend (26M) and I(24F) have been together for 3 years. We live in NYC and he makes over $200k/year, while I'm studying for my masters in social work and have no income. Right now I'm doing an unpaid, yearlong internship 3 days/week, as well as classes 2 days/week. It's rare to get a paid internship in social work, plus internships are mandatory. I spend 12 hours everyday either working, studying, commuting, o
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    Font - Before I moved in with my boyfriend there was a roach infestation in my apartment so I'd stay over at his place a lot. My lease was ending soon so he asked me if I wanted to live with him. At first I joked with him that his living standards would go down since I can't afford a nice place, but he insisted on paying the rent until I finish grad school, then we would split the rent based on income. I originally wanted to live in a cheaper place in Queens or Brooklyn, but my boyfriend likes h
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    Font - All of a sudden my boyfriend recently started asking me to pay half the rent ($2.5k/month). I was confused because he was the one who wanted to pay the rent in full. Apparently he was talking to his friends and they all think its weird that I don't pay rent and that I was a gold digger. I let my boyfriend know that I can't afford $2.5k/month and he said I was "leeching" off of him, so I told him that he should find someone within his social class so he doesn't have to worry about a gold d
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    Font - I called my mom about my situation and she is willing to help me out but the maximum she can afford for rent is $800. I found some places in Queens within the price range, less than 15 min away from the city and a bus ride away from my school so I went to check them out a couple days ago. I've been texting the landlord and my new roommates and I already signed the lease. I told my boyfriend about my new place and he got upset and asked me to stay. He said that he was willing to accept $80
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    Font - He lived in this condo alone for several years so it's not like he can't afford to live there without my help. I wouldn't mind splitting rent with him, but I would have to live in a more affordable place outside of Manhattan like I originally wanted. Apparently some of our "mutual friends" think I'm being unreasonable for moving out instead of talking to him and staying by paying the amount I can afford in rent, and that I shouldn't have let him pay my portion of the rent.
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    Font - update: yes i did dump him. i blocked him and his idiot friends on everything. My friends also blocked him since he tried to contact me through them. I'm going to enjoy being single and never relying on a man financially ever again.
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    Font - Left-Car6520 14 hr. ago edited 11 hr. ago 2 & 6 More Craptain [194] Around he fu ΝΤΑ ... and out he found. Oops since I'm top comment I spose I'm gonna actually add an opinion: It is refreshing to see someone just up and say 'Nope, that aint gonna work' and then promptly exit the crappy situation and take care of things. The audacity to suddenly demand a cool $2.5k, after you had an agreement, knowing you had previously suggested moving somewhere affordable and he insisted, because his fr
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    Font - Jumpstart_55 - 12 hr. ago Yea, I say unto you: the GF shall moveth out, and the BF shall be cut off! Woe unto him! 1.6k Reply Share
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    Font - medico_struggles 11 hr. ago Fr if he got convinced by his friends she's a gold digger when He was the one who insisted on you moving in without rent and suddenly asking for 2.5k/month?? He knows you have no source other than loans and did all this. NTA 1.4k Reply Share
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    Font - OrindaSarnia - 11 hr. ago Yeah, I'm trying to figure out how someone as stupid as the boyfriend has a job that pays $200k! I hear those numbers and NYC, and presume he works in finance... but how could you work in finance and expect someone who's funding their life on loans to pay $2.5k/month in rent? If OP had agreed to that SHE would be stupid. Not to mention the bait and switch is just ridiculous! 900 Reply Share
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    Rectangle - denimpanzer 10 hr. ago I have met plenty of immensely stupid and/or selfish people who make 200k+. 1.2k Reply Sha
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    Product - Wolfpawn 8 hr. ago Many people are educated beyond their intelligence 4 239 B Reply
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    Font - tahtahme. 8 hr. ago Many people fail up regardless of how little education they actually retained along the way. It's who you know a good portion of the time. 186 Reply
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    Font - o Azrou 10 hr. ago People can be brilliant at their jobs and completely lack common sense. Plus, investment banking culture is incredibly toxic, and there's massive pressure to fit in and impress your peers and superiors. These guys (and they're mostly guys) live in fear of being "taken advantage of" and it may just take one comment on how great she has it to live for free in a luxury condo for the bf to lose perspective. 310 Reply
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    Font - No_Performance8733. 5 hr. ago Finance bros live in fear of being taken advantage of because they know deep down their industry is predatory. The only way to "win" in the finance industry is to take advantage of everyone, but especially regular people working the meaningful lower paid jobs that keep the economy chugging along. A finance bro's job is to strip the economy (regular people) of money. No wonder the bait and switch. It's what he's been taught to do. 175 Reply

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