No I was being totally serious. If my boyfriend was moving in, that meant we were in a committed / "married-like" relationship so we would just combine all our finances.
I wouldn't move in with someone for any other reason.
If she having someone rent a room, it would be a completely different answer but the questions was about a boyfriend moving in.
Um. Yikes. Said every woman who ever had a freeloading douche pretend he was going to marry her in order to spend her money. Good luck with that.
No I was being totally serious. If my boyfriend was moving in, that meant we were in a committed / "married-like" relationship so we would just combine all our finances.
I wouldn't move in with someone for any other reason.
If she having someone rent a room, it would be a completely different answer but the questions was about a boyfriend moving in.
Um. Yikes. Said every woman who ever had a freeloading douche pretend he was going to marry her in order to spend her money. Good luck with that.
If you don't trust the person, don't live with / marry them. If you trust them and they screw you, lesson learned. It's life. But I wouldn't never just move in with a boyfriend to save money.
Post by wingingitinmotown on Aug 28, 2012 12:30:15 GMT -5
I moved in with my BF a couple of months back. We split just shy of 1/2 the mortgage (since he still gets the tax break) and 1/2 the utilities. For me, is still ended up being a savings (my rent was the same as his mortgage, and I paid all utilities with no roommate).
If he's moving in to save money, than I would think long and hard about that. You should not move in together out of convenience. He sounds like a peach.
Not what you asked, but I wouldn't do it. I lived with a bf before, without the benefit of marriage. It did not end well for me, financially-speaking. I will never do it again.
I wouldn't let him move in. I've seen it go all kinds of bad when couples move in together to save money, rather than because they are ready to take that step in their relationship.
THIS! If you aren't moving in together to take your relationship to the next level and ultimately marriage than don't do this. If he wants to move in as a roommate then 1/2 of everything - he shouldn't get by with anything less and you shouldn't be helping offset his costs and essentially putting him through school at your detriment with no guaranteed return on your investment. FYI...I speak from experience.