'The flat is paid for and you are still paying rent?!' Woman gets ripped off by trust fund baby boyfriend, internet reacts

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    Furniture - "You are telling me he OWNS this apartment and is still making you pay rent?"
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    Font - AITA for not wanting to spit expenses proportional to income? I live with my boyfriend in a flat he owns (fully paid off, his father gave it to him) The whole building was built 6 years ago and it's in a very popular area. I pay my boyfriend half of the market rate rent, which we update every year by looking how much the flats are being rented out for in the building complex. Which is a lot of money, but I agreed to it. Other than this, we did everything else 50-50 in the past.
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    Font - I got a new job with a significant pay increase and now my boyfriend says we should start splitting expenses proportional to income, because that's fair.
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    Font - I told him I don't think it's fair that I should start paying for more, just because I got a new job and nothing else changed. I already pay him rent - enough rent that would get me a same-sized flat a few streets away - so it's more than fair to him.
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    Font - He made some -in my opinion very weak- arguments and accused me of ripping him off. That's when I told him that under no circumstances we will split expenses proportional to income.
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    Font - Now that I've calmed down a bit, I'm worried whether I'm in the wrong. Especially since my best friend told me that this is how they do it with her boyfriend too and my boyfriend owning the flat is irrelevant here. AITA?
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    Font - isimplysay 3 hr. ago NTA. I'd tell him you're okay splitting expenses proportional to income, but rent isn't an expense you guys have to pay, so you'll no longer be paying him rent. 5.7k Reply Share
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    Font - Miss_1of2 3 hr. ago Exactly, this!! Or at the very least include the rent in his income!!! This is one of the reasons why I'll never move into a place that my partner outright own and pay rent to them! We either own together or rent together but I will not pay them rent! (Especially since where I'm from you lose a lot of tenant protection if you live at the same address as your landlord) 1.6k Reply Share
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    Font - kit0000033 2 hr. ago Why are you paying rent to him if there is no mortgage payment or rent due? You're just giving him free money. I say this as someone who owns a house outright and has my SO living with me. They don't pay rent. I wouldn't dream of charging rent to them when I don't have to pay anything. We split property taxes twice a year and that's it. Your boyfriend is using you. He's a leach. 2.6k Reply Share
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    Font - yellowjacket1996 - 3 hr. ago NTA. He's accusing you of ripping him off because he is trying to rip you off. 1.4k Reply Share
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    Font - chinsnbirdies 3 hr. ago NTA. He owns the unit outright. He doesn't have to pay a mortgage or rent. I could see splitting utilities, upkeep, taxes, etc 50/50 since you both live there, but you paying 50% of the market rate for rent is just him taking your money. Does your BF work, or are you his source of income?
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    Font - Far-Cup9063. 3 hr. ago NTA at all. Consider this analogy. When figuring out child support in my state, each spouse's income is totaled up to see what proportion of child support each pays. AND if one spouse receives FREE HOUSING as part of their job, the value of that is calculated into their income.
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    Font - so your boyfriend's income is whatever he earns in his job, PLUS the full market value of his housing. That means the full monthly rental value. You pay him half that value already, so he has to add that, plus his half, as "income". that's how we do it here. But free yourself from this brat and get your own place. 772 Reply Share
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    Font - SnooPandas9346. 2 hr. ago NTA, but the math isn't mathing. So you pay him rent on a home that has no mortgage or rent... and then he pays for his half of the other bills using the rent money he receives from you? So effectively, you're most likely already paying more than half of your expenses. If you do agree to pay the bills in proportion to your income, he needs to agree to stop charging you rent. That's fair. 633 Reply Share
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    Font - thedrunknerd - 3 hr. ago NTA. You are telling me he OWNS this apartment and is still making you pay rent. What is he doing with that money? He is profiting off of living with you. Your boyfriend owning the apartment is not irrelevant here. 468 Reply Share
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    Font - AcceptableCup6008. 2 hr. ago ΝΤΑ THE FLAT IS PAID FOR AND YOU ARE STILL PAYING RENT?! Thats weird af and he is ripping you off if anything. I get splitting food/bills but rent on an already paid off flat? 260 Reply Share
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    Font - AllThoseRedFlags. 3 hr. ago edited 20 min. ago NTA it'd be one thing if he was paying a mortgage. His daddy paid for him and now he's profiting off you. Find a new place and a new boyfriend 258 Reply Share
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    Font - NailFin 2 hr. ago NTA. You're paying him rent for an apartment he owns outright. He's your landlord and you don't proportionally split things with your landlord. 225 Reply Share

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