I guess I'm a different little cupcake because I see everyone arguing right and wrong but I don't think like that at all. Who is "right" or "wrong" just depends on who you are in the scenario.
I think 2 people trying to move off of "principle" and be "right" instead of what is financially and emotionally best for everyone is cause for concern and probably why relationships don't work out the vast majority of the time. Being "right" doesn't make you happy.
I guess I'm more of a results oriented person. Who cares if you're "right" and the shyt doesn't work out in your favor?
Moving in with a man and contributing little will make that man look down on you and feel like he has "hand." Lol No woman should do that unless she is okay with being treated in a manner that alines with that.
Dude shouldn't move her in on some "you pay shyt." If the mortgage wasn't paid that would then give her rights to the property since she paid on it. Now that the mortgage is paid she's a whole tenant meaning that if the shyt goes south you gotta go throw a process to get her out. If you change the locks on a tenant it could result in jail time in some cities. That means you are stuck with her until the paperwork is done and that could take months or years.
Brehs trying to push breh into paying on some being "right" shyt are really pushing him into to doom. If he must move her in which, I don't advise, I would actually be legally smarter to just have her pay for the food and utilities. That way she has little to no tenants rights.
Some of ya'll gotta grow up. You're suppose to be "leaders" but still thinking in very childish terms. You gotta look at the whole pictures.
Regarding the bolded one has to wonder why the proposed arrangement isn't emotionally best for the woman, and what that says about her (and the prospects of the relationship). There is added nuance of course but ultimately that is what it boils down to.
I pay rent but I'm not on the deed to my landlord's property. Unless you physically log into BoA and make payments from your account to the mortgage, paying rent doesn't automatically give you equity. You're just paying for the right to squat.
And in some places, after a while you do obtain tenant rights just from living somewhere, even if you don't pay rent.
I agree with you that there are smarter ways to go about this for both sides. None of those ways involve leaving money on the table. He could have been more sensitive to her concerns.