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03-08-2011 at 12:26 AM
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living with boyfriend and...his dad. need to vent.

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I moved in june 10' and now it is march 11'    I live in a 2bd 1 bath home. with my boyfriend and his dad. I just almost at my wits end. does anyone here have a simular situation. when his dad leaves for a few hours, once overnight it was like dream. am i a bad person for saying this? his dad and i get along but some of his manners get to me, like talking loudly at the tv, getting angry when somethings on  then goes on a rant about it and constant cussing. sometimes i just want it to be just my boyfriend and i but im currently working 2 jobs waiting for a raise.. still cant pay for half the rent while comfortably paying student loans. his dad pays more rent than me, he doesnt work so he is always around but pays most the rent until my boyfriend and i are able to pay ourselves, its bf house btw. but it seems his dad will still live here when bf and i are able to afford it, just because when i mention when his dad is moving bf get upset or angry....its his dad and they are both men i dont think they understand what its like for me to be the odd one out who has no privacy. i want to tell him how uncomfortable i am living with his dad or say how would he would feel if we lived with my parents, i know he wouldnt like it. what should i say. i know i cant do this living situation down the long road if we get married, i cant do it.

03-08-2011 at 1:06 AM
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You need to talk to your bf about this. If you don't feel comfortable talking about living arrangements, then it's time to get out of this relationship.

FWIW, I wouldn't marry someone who depended on his father to be able to pay the rent.

 

Also, using your email address as your name here is not the best idea. You never know what someone might do!

 
03-08-2011 at 1:49 AM
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The house belongs to your BF but he needs to collect rent from Dad and you?  Why?  Did he buy more house than he could afford?

Dad pays rent, just like you, therefore gets to behave mostly the way he wants to.  He isn't invading your privacy or leering at you, he is just being kind of boorish.  Why would Dad move?  He was there before you and BF apparently doesn't want him to move.   

If you don't like it, move.  Get an apartment and a roommate.  People do it all the time.  You can too.   

 
03-08-2011 at 5:16 AM
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Your BF is putting his father ahead of you. He's giving you a sneak preview of your life together if you stay with him. You know what you're signing up for. The ball is in your court.

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03-08-2011 at 6:48 AM
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Why on earth did you even move in with your boyfriend under those conditions? You know, there are other potential roommates out there who don't still live with their fathers.

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03-08-2011 at 7:05 AM
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Oh, please. You hate the man who is paying the lion's share of your rent and you want him to leave, or stop doing all those things that make you crazy, while still somehow magically paying the same amount.

Sorry; can't happen. Get a second or third job, both you and bf; and pay your own way; or, view putting  up with bf's father as that second or third job, and suck it up.

 


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03-08-2011 at 8:23 AM
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Why on earth did you even move in with your boyfriend under those conditions? You know, there are other potential roommates out there who don't still live with their fathers.

 

Ditto. Your situation sounds like a nightmare!

03-08-2011 at 8:23 AM
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So you have no plans to get married right now, he is just your BF?  And when you mention his Dad moving your BF gets angry with you, because even when you are both able to afford the place, he still wants his Dad to live there?

None of this sounds good to me at all.  Your BF is putting his Dad first, before you.  Why would his Dad still live there and not move out and find his own place after you and BF can pay the rent on your own?  Does he plan on living with his Dad the rest of his life?

I would suggest you move out and find your own place so you don't have to deal with this BS.  I would also reconsider this relationship with your BF, because it sounds like you are not a priority in your BF's life.  You are second fiddle to his Dad.

 
03-08-2011 at 9:39 AM
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I think you should tell your boyfriend your new address and introduce him to your three new roommates who share the place.

Check the want ads and college bulletin boards. Younge, nice people are always looking for roommates to share costs and living expeneses. You can work your two jobs, pay down your debt and date your boyfriend.

No way would I be busting my ass to help pay my boyfriend's mortgage so he can get the tax break and build his asset while I listen to his father burp and swear all the time.

If and when you are ready to really live tigether, not just be another roommate, you plan it from a position of strength, stating your needs, one of which is not having dear 'ole dad in the mix. If he doesn't agree, you don't commit.

 
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 FFS, Move out. 


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03-08-2011 at 11:14 AM
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If you're not happy with the arrangement now, then it's only going to get worse as time goes on. It will not get better.

If your boyfriend's dad is the one who's paying the rent (or most of the rent), then you can't just expect him to leave you guys alone. It's his house, too. Even if it's in your boyfriend's name. You can't just play House with your boyfriend and expect his dad to support the two of you but not be around all the time. If you want to live like an independent couple, then you need to support yourselves.

If you are unhappy living there, then you need to get out. Now. Like PPs said, find some girlfriends to move in with, or look for Roomates Wanted ads. Move back in with your own family for a while to save up money, if they would agree with that. But get out of this living arrangement as soon as you can, because Daddy isn't going anywhere.

but it seems his dad will still live here when bf and i are able to afford it, just because when i mention when his dad is moving bf get upset or angry

This part is a big problem. If you want a future with your boyfriend, then you need to lay your cards on the table NOW. Don't just pray that he'll change his mind as the years go by. If you tell him that you don't want to live with his father, but you move in with them anyway to save money, you're showing your boyfriend that you can just be walked all over. You're also showing him that you will gladly come in second to his father, and that's not what a partnership is about. Trust me. I've been in a similar situation (although we weren't the ones being supported, it was the other way around), and it's not fun. You will just get more resentful, frustrated and angry as time goes on.

You need to get out of this situation NOW ... whether that means moving out for a while until the two of you can afford to live alone, or breaking it off with him altogether if he refuses anything other than the three of you living together forever. But you need to do it sooner rather than later, because the more you put it off ("I'll just stay a while longer until we save up enough money" or "I'll stay until he changes his mind about his dad living with us", etc.), the longer you'll feel like you're stuck there.


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Don't date a man who wants to live with his father forever.  It's that easy.


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Your bf is not planning for a future with you, and has made that clear. He's a guy living with a couple of roommates - only one of which is related to him. Time to move out, live with a couple of friends and enjoy yourself.
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Your BF has it made in the shade. One roommate pays the bulk of the rent and the other one puts out.

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Thanks everyone i wanted some input. the only problem is i cant even afford to pay rent and im working two jobs as it is. my bf doesnt treat me badly or anything like that its hard to explain since saying this yesterday i think its something he wants to fix but cant. im going to talk to him again set up a real leave date for his dad. while saving up for any emergencies. im gonna try to suck it up and work more hours....i thought i would hear simular stories living with bf or gf parent.
 
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fiizzlee = vag ** fiizzle = peen ** Babies shouldn't be born wit thangs ** **They're called first luddz fo' a reason -- mo' is supposed ta come after. Yo Ass don't git a medal fo' marryin yo' prom date. Unless yo ass is imoan. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Then yo ass git a all-expenses paid cruise ta tha Mediterranean n' yo ass git ta hook up Jared Padalecki on tha flight over while bustin yo' jammies. But still no medal.

Re: Looks like we were right

  • Nice catch!
  • I guess she isn't going to change this situation anytime soon. 
    Hope is not a strategy.
  • I wondered why she didn't try to take a deferment on her student loans.  I don't know how much her two jobs are paying or how much her student loans are, but she shouldn't be starving.  Student loan companies will work with you, if you communicate with them.
  • Did she ever say if her BF was working?
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  • Nope, I think that's the reason for the DD.
    fiizzlee = vag ** fiizzle = peen ** Babies shouldn't be born wit thangs ** **They're called first luddz fo' a reason -- mo' is supposed ta come after. Yo Ass don't git a medal fo' marryin yo' prom date. Unless yo ass is imoan. I aint talkin' bout chicken n' gravy biatch. Then yo ass git a all-expenses paid cruise ta tha Mediterranean n' yo ass git ta hook up Jared Padalecki on tha flight over while bustin yo' jammies. But still no medal.
  • imageDaringMiss:
    I wondered why she didn't try to take a deferment on her student loans.  I don't know how much her two jobs are paying or how much her student loans are, but she shouldn't be starving.  Student loan companies will work with you, if you communicate with them.

     I WISH they did, but it's not always the case. I'm making v. little as an Americorps now (and am risking my year of service by trying to work on my nights/weekends too) but my loan company REFUSES to negotiate a different repayment plan for my 3 private loans that have come due while I'm serving. They're private so they denied forbearance/deferment and I begged them (and every supervisor who would talk to me) to negotiate a different repayment plan, but they said they'd just go after my co-signer if I didn't make the payments. I was literally in tears this morning because I'm having a harder and harder time each month scraping enough together to make it and I tried calling again and they said they might negotiate something if I go into default, but otherwise I need to make the full payments (because if I don't pay in full the $$ will only go towards the fees and penalties they levy on me for not paying in full).   

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