Katharina Buczek
Not to mention, they could always just choose an apartment that is less expensive for the both of them to even the playing field.
Still, the discrepancy was far from addressed– because, then, she decided to bring up other expenses like utilities and additional household costs. It was then that she learned her boyfriend also expected them to split those expenses on a percentage, not evenly.
And she was just not comfortable with that. So, she told Mark the truth and also said they did not have to move in together right now. Instead, she could just get an apartment by herself, and they could revisit this conversation later on in their relationship.
But ever since that conversation, Mark has been treating her really coldly. She understands that her boyfriend looked at their apartment search and finances through a lens of what she “could” afford.
“But just because I can, doesn’t mean I am comfortable,” she vented.
“I’d understand if I personally wanted to upgrade into something that he couldn’t afford, but it’s just not that important to me.”
Nonetheless, with her boyfriend still upset with her, she’s been left wondering if she is somehow in the wrong and how she could possibly reconcile this situation.
Would it be a crazy idea for them to split bills based on income, given their large earning gap? Or is the problem more so that her boyfriend just assumed she would be okay with that and selected super expensive apartments without discussing this with her first? How would you feel in her shoes?
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