When you’re in a committed relationship but aren’t married, how do you divide financial responsibilities like paying for joint housing.

This man plans to use his savings to buy a house, and thinks his girlfriend should pay rent if she moves in with him.

Her girlfriend doesn’t agree.

Read the story below for the full details.

AITA for asking my girlfriend to pay rent on a house I am going to buy

My girlfriend and I have been together for 3 years, and have been living together in a rental for 1 year now.

We have always been a “we have our own money” kind of couple.

And have always had a joint account that we both put money into to pay for groceries, rent, electricity, etc.

This man decided to buy a house.

Prior to living with her, I lived with my parents for a while, and I was working full-time, so I managed to save up quite a lot of money.

She is the complete opposite where if she gets money, she spends it.

I recently decided that I am going to put my savings into a house and move into there.

All of the money going into the house will be mine, and none of it will be hers.

She argues that she didn’t have to pay him rent.

When we spoke about it, I said to her that when we moved into the house, I would like her to pay rent.

She claimed that if we were to move in as a couple that she would not pay rent because she wouldn’t be renting a place, she would be living in my house with me.

I said that she would need to still pay half of the mortgage payments, but it would be no different to her paying rent to any other place we were living in.

Only, at the end of the day, the house would completely be under my name.

Now, he wants to know is he’s being a jerk by asking her GF to pay.

Basically I want her to pay rent to live in my place.

She doesn’t think she should have to.

AITA?

Let’s find out what other people have to say about this.

This user says it’s completely acceptable.

An agreement should be in place, says this one.

Here’s a valid point.

As well as this one.

Finally, this user shares some good advice.

She has to contribute in one way or another.

Just my two cents.

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