26-year-old girlfriend can’t pay rent after spending $800 on a designer purse, freaks out when boyfriend discusses financial responsibility with her: ‘She got defensive and said I was controlling and «didn’t understand women.’

Everything we buy should be categorized into «needs» and «wants.» The most important monthly expenses are rent/house payment, electricity, water, and food. If you can’t afford these things, you’re in deep trouble. After that, you need gas in your car so you can get to work and around the house items like soap and toilet …
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‘I don’t mind paying about $2k’: Boyfriend wants to charge girlfriend $1000 in rent and utilities despite her being in full-time nursing school

Splitting expenses with your loved ones is not always easy. Maybe one of you makes more money than the other and thus feels like they should chip in more. Maybe you’d like to split it 50/50 to prevent fighting, but sometimes 50/50 gets pretty hard to keep track of. Maybe you and your partner can …
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Mom and stepfather force 16-year-old daughter to pay $450 per month in rent despite 18-year-old sister living rent free: ‘Because she never worked’

When you’re a teenager, you feel like an adult. I remember thinking, «I don’t know how I could possibly be any more grown up than I am now,» when I was 15 years old. And in a way, I was right. It was the oldest I had ever been up until that point, so how …
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‘True friends do not force beggar yourself pay them’: Mooching roommate asks friend to cover rent and utilities for 2 months, refuses to look for a new job

Finding a job can be a rough gig, especially when you’re just starting out. The amount of viable jobs available is not as high as you’d like it to be, and every posting gets thousands and thousands of applicants. So some of us end up being unemployed for longer than we’d like. And in times …
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