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Posted on 7/16/14 at 10:25 pm to Odinson
You shouldn't charge her anything. Just put a ring on her finger. What are you waiting for?
Posted on 7/16/14 at 10:36 pm to Kramer26
Agreed
Posted on 7/16/14 at 10:53 pm to LSU6262
Girlfriend
Just be fair, otherwise in the unfortunate situation you break up you won't have to go through the bull shite of "you owe me so much money because I've been paying the rent."
If you marry the girl, what's yours is hers and what's hers is hers. Meaning she'll get her investment back.
Just be fair, otherwise in the unfortunate situation you break up you won't have to go through the bull shite of "you owe me so much money because I've been paying the rent."
If you marry the girl, what's yours is hers and what's hers is hers. Meaning she'll get her investment back.
Posted on 7/16/14 at 11:25 pm to LSU6262
Just have her pay the utilities and internet
Posted on 7/17/14 at 12:59 am to Joe
so essentially, you are having your girlfriend fund her own engagement ring. you're making it by just fine on your own, hwy charge her rent. she is your girlfriend and someone you plan on marrying. an dim guessing you probably asked her to move in with you... just let her live for free, an dif you dont work out, you didnt gain or lose anything
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:53 am to nolatrain504
just wait till she gives you the bill for fricking her..... 
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:25 am to Odinson
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Be a man. If this your potential wife you do not charge her anything
I don't get this. This isn't the 50's where the man goes to work and the wife stays home to cook and clean. If she's working she absolutely pays her share, and she might actually be offended if he tells her not to. They aren't married yet.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 6:41 am to Odinson
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Be a man. If this your potential wife you do not charge her anything if you invited her. If you can't afford to not charge her then you should have gotten a real roommate.
Being a man =/= allowing yourself to be a doormat right from the beginning. He absolutely should charge her something, and if she has a problem with it, red flag city. If anything, she wil respect him for not being taken advantage of
The $400 as suggested by others sounds appropriate
Source: myself and several others I know have been in this exact situation
Posted on 7/17/14 at 7:14 am to Odinson
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Be a man. If this your potential wife you do not charge her anything if you invited her. If you can't afford to not charge her then you should have gotten a real roommate.
So if they get married and she is working, she shouldn't be responsible for any of the mortgage? I don't understand that. She has a job, why not put her money towards the house she lives in?
Posted on 7/17/14 at 1:55 pm to DownSouthDave
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So if they get married and she is working, she shouldn't be responsible for any of the mortgage? I don't understand that. She has a job, why not put her money towards the house she lives in?
Exactly.
Establish from the beginning that she'll be held accountable for the apartment, and by extension, the relationship. It's not about the money, he obviously can afford the place by himself. I can't imagine marrying someone that would object to paying rent.
She asked how much she should pay so she sounds like a keeper.
This post was edited on 7/17/14 at 1:59 pm
Posted on 7/17/14 at 3:41 pm to LSU6262
400 sounds good. You're still getting the benefit of it going towards your mortgage and she's just living there and it's like rent.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 3:43 pm to LSU6262
This scenario has disaster written all over it.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 4:22 pm to Jim Rockford
$400 is very fair I think.
what I would do is to make her pay half Interest, taxes and insurance, plus half the bills.
what I would do is to make her pay half Interest, taxes and insurance, plus half the bills.
Posted on 7/17/14 at 8:33 pm to Hawkeye95
If you expect she is going to be taking over some of the house upkeep duties off your hands I'd say $300-$350. Also, if she wants to get tv she can and it might then only bring her up to what she is already paying. NEVER tell her the money is going to a ring anyway. Paints you into some contract corner.
Myself, if I asked her to move into a place I was already paying for I wouldn't ask for anything
Myself, if I asked her to move into a place I was already paying for I wouldn't ask for anything
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:09 am to Odinson
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Be a man. If this your potential wife you do not charge her anything if you invited her. If you can't afford to not charge her then you should have gotten a real roommate.
They aren't married yet and she isn't a SAHM....therefore she should def be contributing to living expenses.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 8:15 am to LSU6262
First, I agree with the $400 and don't press the "half" business.
Second, I am extremely jealous of your monthly bills.
Second, I am extremely jealous of your monthly bills.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 9:19 am to L S Usetheforce
Posted on 7/18/14 at 11:53 am to NC_Tigah
If he charges her $300 she will be happy and he will be happy. This is a win win imo.
Posted on 7/18/14 at 12:26 pm to LSU6262
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My utilities are around $150. I don't have tv, but my internet is $80.
You are paying 80$ for internet? Are you getting the triple deluxe supreme? I thought the 150$ for utilities was sort of high.
If you are alright financially with her paying the 400$/mnoth, that is what I would charge if you aren't doing half.
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