'Boyfriend makes 230k more than me': Freelance artist is hurt by boyfriend asking her to contribute rent

If there are two things that don't mix well, it's love and money. Financial woes can be the undoing of even the strongest couples. It's nice to help each other out, but exactly what that means can be tough to figure out, especially if you're in a financially uneven partnership. They say opposites attract, so that must mean that folks in creative, lower-paying, less stable careers might be drawn to partners who are financially ambitious and steady, and vice versa. It's a wonderful thing about being in a partnership: you learn from one another. 

But when money gets involved, things can easily get messy, like in this recent Reddit story from a couple with wildly different salaries whose relationship was tested when it came time to move in together. Opinions were split on how they should move forward. Get in on the debate below.

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