Monday, February 22, 2021

Boyfriend Makes Irrational Purchase, Expects Reduction In Bills


Man oh man, the entitlement is out in full form in this scenario. We have a boyfriend who expects to be able to pay less on bills just because he proceeded to make an irrational purchase. Well, it seems as if a wakeup call was in order for this guy. The moral judges of Reddit's AITA community were in collective agreement that the boyfriend was out of line. 

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Font - AITA for not letting my boyfriend pay less on bills due to a new purchase because he wouldn't let me when I made less money than him? Not the A-hole My boyfriend of two years and I live together. We split expenses 50/50 when it comes to rent, groceries, utilities, things for our house, etc. we both make about the same money working full time. We keep our finances such as our own vehicles, doctor bills, cell phone bills, etc separate.

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Font - My boyfriend recently made an irresponsible and unnecessary purchase. To keep it short, I won't go into details but it was something he absolutely did not need, just wanted and it has made his disposable income significantly less. This has been a sore subject between us. The other day he asked me to sit down and talk. He told me since he paid more on his personal bills a month, he felt like we needed to adjust how much we each paid on shared expenses. So basically, he felt he should get t

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Font - This made me mad for a few reasons. First, as I said, the purchase was absolutely not necessary by any means. And when we first started living together I made way less money than I do now. I worked part time at another job and made 12 less dollars on the hour than him. However, then he refused to budge on letting me pay less bills, so I budgeted and saved and always had everything paid despite that. | So, I told him no. I told him he was not willing to pay more than me when I made way les

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Rectangle - Little-bit_ • 1d 3 8 Awards NTA. I notice he thinks you're the AH but he certainly doesn't think he was an AH when he wouldn't let you pay less. Are you SURE you should be with this guy? Time slips by fast and it's not renewable, make sure you're spending it with the best of people and in the best of ways. 6 Reply 4 3.8k ...

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Font - 1 Award NTA No, he doesn't get to pay less just because he bought himself a new toy. G Reply 6.1k ...

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Font - ADB_BWG • 1d 3 1 Award NTA. You worked two jobs and had significantly less income BEFORE any bills, and he said "Gotta be 50/50. Otherwise, l'd have less money for ME!" You both earn the same income, and he's still okay with 50-50. He spends his money on an unnecessary purchase that (a) benefits ONLY him and (b) you did not support, and NOW he says "Cant be 50-50 anymore. Otherwise, you will have more money than I have." Never combine money with this guy or pay more than 50%. 6 Reply 4.8k

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Font - Wtf, he expects you to finance his 'fun' stuff? Because that's what it is. NTA G Reply 374 ... AppleTreeLover · 19h Exactly. He's basically asking her to pay for a portion of his new toy. What an AH. 26 ...

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Font - NTA and be careful. This is red flag for me. I'm so proud you stood your ground!!!! If he keeps stressing you. G Reply 1.1k ...

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Font - 17 Awards I'm going to keep it brief. NTA. Pay your bills first, live second. That's what adulting is all about. Being financially responsible etc goes through understanding the consequences of your purchases. The part about him not wanting to split proportionally to your contribution to the household revenue comfort me in this NTA vote. That's 2 red flags btw, be careful and all the best....

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Font - 3 2 Awards NTA and DON'T YOU DARE budge on this. Your irresponsible selfish boyfriend absolutely sucks and he should not be rewarded for his own stupidity. G Reply 1 868 3 ...

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Font - teresajs • 1d · Judge, Jury, and Excretioner [368] NTA He is basically asking you to help pay for his luxury purchase. G Reply 104 ...

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Font - bumfulofpineneedles • 1d • Partassipant [3] NTA. How entitled does he think he is? G Reply 89 ...

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Font - NTA! Nice work standing your ground. He got himself into this and he'll need to learn to budget and save, just like you did. Good luck!! G Reply 131 ...

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Smile - So it was important to split things 50/50 when he made more money, but now that he's decided to make an irresponsible personal purchase, he shouldn't have to pay as much? What nonsense. NTA and if he doesn't start acting like an adult, drop him. G Reply 67 ...

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Azure - pudge-thefish • 1d · Certified Proctologist [23] NTA. Your agreement is 50 50. It should still be 50 50 G Reply 1 42 + ...

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Font - NTA: Dude is only thinking about himself G Reply 37 ...

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Organism - secretoutlet736 • 1d • Partassipant [1] NTA, he should have budgeted and he clearly didn't. So you're not responsible at all. He can have fun stuff but he needs to be more careful. Plus if you let him pay less he's gonna keep buying fun stuff irresponsibly. G Reply 28 ...

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Smile - Yadynnus • 1d • Partassipant [2] NTA. If you live together it's only fair that you split house expenses 50/50. Personal expenses are well personal. You shouldn't have to pay the consequences of how he chose to spend his own money. G Reply 4 74 +

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Font - NTA, Now he gets to practice what he preached! G Reply 87 ...

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