My Roommate wants my Boyfriend, who stays over pretty much every night, to pay rent.

We have our own private bathrooms. so the bathroom thing isn't an issue. my boyfriend doesn't intend on being here without me, he doesn't even have a key. he at least contributes to general house cleaning, which my roommate takes no part in, and he pays for and refills the water cooler that my roommate also drinks from.

i don't feel at home in my home due to the presence of his girlfriend, who one day decided to come in and tell my roommate that i nastily said "what are YOU doing here?" when in fact i said nothing to her. this is not the only instance of her creating lies to start shit, she accused his best friend of "choking her out" and we pretty much have proven that it didn't happen. but the fact that she lied to him and caused a rift in my own home makes me feel pretty uncomfortable and displaced. I feel this can equally be said both ways. Her presence no longer makes me feel comfortable, and you know what? I do just deal with it.

That being said, the issue is not him being there, so you gotta leave your personal opinions out of if you think he is here too much. My roommate decided he is fine with it so long as we pay. I am simply asking for advice on the most fair way to split up the rent.

And anyway, I think I would be fucking with his life more if I decided to up and break the lease and just leave. He would have to find a place to live in a month and have no one to split bills with, and I kinda no there is no way he even has the money to even put down on a new place right now. At least we are trying to compromise with him, and give him some sort of financial relief.

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