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DP thinks I'm ungrateful and nobody else 'gets' my concerns either

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MascaraOHara · 23/05/2007 17:35

Everybody else also thinks I'm ungrateful/unreasonable but I just can't come round to there way of thinking

As some of you will rememebr dp was on about building a house sometimes ago. This has dragged on for so long as they couldn't get planning permission but now it's moving along which is great.

However now it's actually underway I have lots of doubts/concerns that are niggling at me. he thinks I'm ungrateful and others I speak to think he's right but...

I am uncomfortable with the fact that I will never have a financial stake in the house that he expects me to live in. He doesn't know how the finances will work yet but I assume that I will be expected to pay rent(?) to his company (as the business will own it)?? he can't give me a straight answer.

He wants a bar. I don't. He's told me he's having it. Will this mean he's having his mates back all weekend? probably. I'm thinking over my dead body. At the same time I'm thinking is this what it'll be like, his way or nothing.

I don't know if I'll get any say in what the house looks like or the kitchen etc

What if we want something like a new kitchen? will I be bale to haev the one I want? will I have to contribute? probably but then if anything goes wrong I'll always walk away with nothing.

I'll have to keep my house on and rent it out in case I ever need something to fall back on.

The things is I just feel like now that I might as well just stay living on my own as this house will never truly be ours as such and we will never be a partnership. I'll always be living in somebody elses house.

Does any of this makes sense? its a bit muddled but there are so many concerns and out of each concern there are so many what if's and little niggling things.

The few people I have told about my worries have called me a control freak and/or ungrateful. In my head I'm thinking why am I ungrateful? because I'd rather take on a mortgage with him and be equal than be picked up and put somewhere that he decided. Oh I don't know. Need to talk it through but he doesn't even begin to understand where I'm coming from. I have dd to think about too.

I might only live in a 2 up/2 down but it's mine.. I own it, I am responsible for it, I have in it what I can afford and I make choice about what to do with it based on that. Does that make sense? I don't know. Tell me I'm mad, I think I may well be.

(sorry)

OP posts:
lulumama · 23/05/2007 17:44

i thikn you have voiceed reasonable concerns, and sounds like DH is treating this as a commercial rather than a personal enterprise

when i met my DH ,he already had a home, i started contributing to the mortgage when i got a job, but never felt like home

the house we are in now, we chose together, bought together, is in joint names...and i feel like it is ours, not his.

if you are doubtful of the future, to the extent you are going to keep your own house, just in case, i would sersioulsy be questioning where this is going

MrsWeasley · 23/05/2007 17:44

Personally I think your concerns are justified. If it were me I would stay put (in my house) until I had some answers.

Twiglett · 23/05/2007 17:42

why aren't you married mascara?

elsieanjoanne · 23/05/2007 17:42

dont be sorry! if youve got to live there you need to know the situation inside out first you will need some sort of contract with your dp work as it will be classed as letting, and the other thing is you should have a say in what kitchen you getting good luck keep putting your foot down

kama · 23/05/2007 17:42

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goingfor3 · 23/05/2007 17:40

It sounds like your DP doesn't want to commit to you, just his house! You are very lucky to have your own home that you will be able to rent if you do move in together. If you split up will he have a stake in the house you own?

LazyLine · 23/05/2007 17:39

I think that regardless of all this stuff, if you feel as if you will not be on an equal footing and will feel uncomfortable, then you may be better off in your house. Maybe you could see how it all turns out and then decide?

Either way, I do not think you sound ungrateful. It's not as if the house is a gift for you, no?

AnneJones · 23/05/2007 17:38

Gosh MascaraOHara - is this relationship worth it? Seems like the give and take is all one-sided.