Is it right for them to do this?

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I used to live with two roommates in one's father's house, paying 250 a month. I was the only one working and paying rent and they were always talking about me behind my back so I moved out. I live with my boyfriend now and his parents charge me 200 a month, but they charge my boyfriend nothing except occasionally bringing home food. We are 21, work at the same place, but I make less. We pay insurance on our car together and I pay my phone and buy my food and my boyfriend pays the car payments. I have no problem with paying rent, but is it right? I live with my boyfriend, not some random roommate. He's talking about proposing to me, but are they still going to charge me rent when we are engaged? Married? I'm not going to be charged to stay in a room with my husband. He can't move out as his mother is terminally ill and won't live much longer, plus he gets the whole house and a large sum of money once his father dies, so I would be moving out alone. Anyway, is this right? What can I do?

? · Accepted Answer

You don't live with your boyfriend; you live with his parents.

babyboomer1001 · Answer

$200 a month is dirt cheap.  Why should your boyfriend pay rent? It is his parents' choice to charge or not charge him at his age.  Of course they should charge you.  You are not family.  You are a renter.  It makes no difference that you share a bed with their son.  You have compromised their privacy, use the water, sewer services, etc.

If you both get married and don't move out, of course you will still have to pay rent.  They also have the right to change the amount you are being charged.  If you are married, you will both owe it.  Why should they allow you to live there for free?  They can decide whatever they want with their son and there is not any law that requires them to charge their son anything.  The fact that you make less than him is totally irrelevant.  Perhaps, you should move out and be on your own for 6 months or a year.  Learn something about life and expenses, so that you can appreciate only being charged $200 a month for rent.

Landlord · Answer

t is costing them more then 200 for you to live there, so you are correct, you should be paying more rent.

Once the mother passes you should both move out, under normal circumstances you are both too old to be supported by anyone other then yourselves.

davidmi711 · Answer

Of course it is right that you pay rent. You are living there and it is not your house.

Anonymous · Answer

don't buy the cow if the milk is free

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