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Am I the selfish one? (4)

1 Name: Worm : 2020-10-05 18:21 ID:WTyX0sbz [Del]

Hello guys, I wanted your opinion on a situation I’m in so I am not just crazy with my own thoughts.
My fiancé and I are currently living in an apartment in a city attending school. We have been living here for a year and two months now. We were thinking about buying a home, however neither of us have jobs at the moment. He wants to buy a house more than I do tbh.
Over the summer I worked my arse off and saved up more than 14 grand. My fiancé however, had only saved around 4 grand. This summer he was pressuring me to pay for the repairs of a used truck he just bought, and I refused because I already helped pay for his car (splitting bills on repairs, safety, etc)
We both worked for his parents, who very generously payed us higher wages. We both worked around the same hours, but somehow he doesn’t have as much money as I do.
Fast forward, we are discussing buying a home and he asks me how much I’m willing to put a down payment on it. I say around 5 or 6 thousand because I need the remaining money for survival. The previous year I had payed for almost all the rent and utilities by myself for our apartment. I explained to him how I felt disappointed about that, and that I was worried how that might happen again if we buy a house. I explained that I don’t want to be a mother in this relationship, but a partner. That I wanted to work together with him to buy a house and not just me paying for everything. He got upset with me saying that I’m greedy and selfish. That I kept score and was using that against him. But I was honest, I don’t want to baby him, I want him to help pay for the down payment and the house too, not just me by myself. Am I keeping score? Probably.
So, am I the selfish one? What do you guys think?

2 Name: EpicKeith !K31THxH0Es : 2020-10-05 21:20 ID:S6CgUepu [Del]

God, you're absolutely not selfish. It sounds to me like he doesn't know how to budget his own money and expects you to cover up for it, which is very shitty of him to do. You should be a team and put an equal amount into things. It'd be a different story if he was in bad financial circumstances and was struggling, but it seems like he is as close to the same financial situation to you as he could get, he's just spending his money poorly.
I personally would not recommend even thinking about buying a house if neither of you have jobs, especially with there being a sort of financial tension between you two.
He is being selfish by expecting you to be the sole contributor. You need to have a serious discussion with him and if he can't be mature about it and come to a fair, reasonable compromise with you, it's hard, but you need to consider your relationship with him. You're his partner, not his caretaker.

3 Name: Worm : 2020-10-06 09:13 ID:WTyX0sbz [Del]

Thanks EpicKeith, I appreciate your response. It’s good to get an outside perspective because he’ll try to convince me that I’m the one in the wrong. But I’m trying to stay true to myself.

4 Name: Weems : 2020-10-07 21:08 ID:DMFgOF2W [Del]

You're a far cry from being selfish. You just want him to realize the potential that you see in him. It sounds like he has issues budgeting his money, and that means he isn't ready for the fiscal responsibility of owning a home. It's completely reasonable to want him to bring a fair amount to the table. You need to have a serious discussion about fiscal responsibility with him, and try to help him understand you aren't holding it against him to be against him, but rather you have his best interests at heart, and sometimes that means holding them to higher expectations so they can grow from the experience. And if he can't understand or refuses to understand, then you may have to reconsider your future.