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To regret moving DP in to my house

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JadeySmiles · 17/04/2025 22:30

Hi all, the previous topic isn’t accepting new posts so I thought I’d update here.

We have had the conversation about split of
chores, DP said he can chip in ‘as and when needed’ but he didn’t have a suggested split as I hoped which was frustrating.

He says he feels a bit awkward with getting stuck in given he doesn’t own the house and thinks he will be more comfortable once he is on the Mortgage and asked me when that will be. I said I want to wait and see how things go over the next few months as we get used to living with each other.

He was a bit funny with this and suggested I’m backtracking on an agreement. But we didn’t ever set a timeline. He says his Mum has
told him the funds she/his Dad are gifting are currently in a low paying interest account and if he doesn’t take them soon they’ll fix them for a year so he needs to hurry up if he wants them.

I said this doesn’t change my feelings and we need to see how things go. He seems to be sulking now and has been on his games console in the spare bedroom since dinner, which he criticised and said he’s getting fed up with the same vegan meals. I told him he’s welcome to cook for us tomorrow!!

OP posts:
ducksinarow123 · 17/04/2025 22:59

JadeySmiles · 17/04/2025 22:50

I originally thought if living together this early didn’t work then he could move out and we’d continue with the relationship and try again in the future, but I don’t think that’s realistic now. If I suggested going back on this I think he’d dump me.

What a mess 😫

Nah, if he isn’t now in the “going all out to impress” stage then it will not get any better - ever! You will never be able to live together unless you want to be treated like Cinderella before she went to the ball.

ThereIsThunderInOurHearts · 17/04/2025 22:58

As a test, just say you don't think it will be a good idea to put him on the mortgage and he should let his parents reinvest the 'money' (I doubt it exists, it's all part of his manipulation).

His response to that will be his true, unfiltered self (which he is more-or-less already showing you, but you still want him...EEK!)

lola006 · 17/04/2025 22:57

As if he’ll do chores once a he’s on the mortgage. This isn’t asking him to pay to renovate a kitchen, it’s his own shit in the toilet bowl! And yet you’re worried about him dumping you?! DUMP HIM.

I told the gist of the original thread to my 17 year old DS earlier, who does way more in our house than your DP, and he thought it was a wind up. So either this is a wind up, or as others have said you’ll be back here in a few years with a couple of babies complaining about your useless husband. Or leave him and find someone better.

Faz469 · 17/04/2025 22:57

JadeySmiles · 17/04/2025 22:50

I originally thought if living together this early didn’t work then he could move out and we’d continue with the relationship and try again in the future, but I don’t think that’s realistic now. If I suggested going back on this I think he’d dump me.

What a mess 😫

Just dump him. He's never going to pitch in. Definitely don't out him on the mortgage. Just get rid

BMW6 · 17/04/2025 22:57

I'm sorry OP but he's a disaster. Get him out pronto .

Doingtheboxerbeat · 17/04/2025 22:55

JadeySmiles · 17/04/2025 22:50

I originally thought if living together this early didn’t work then he could move out and we’d continue with the relationship and try again in the future, but I don’t think that’s realistic now. If I suggested going back on this I think he’d dump me.

What a mess 😫

If he is willing to dump you over this, then so be it OP, you're not the problem here. All he has to do is grow up a little, you are sacrificing so much more.
I'm so sorry you're going through this.

Redredrosa · 17/04/2025 22:55

You should be dumping him. Do not put him on the mortgage.

YourWinter · 17/04/2025 22:54

You think he might dump you???

No. No, YOU dump HIM, he can move out over the Easter weekend or better still, tomorrow.

Can you not see this will never get better?

BoxOfCats · 17/04/2025 22:54

Also his comments about the money his parents are giving him show that he is only thinking about himself. He is not interested in waiting in the interest of the relationship. Just cares that he might miss out on money for a year.

so many red flags….

AutumnFroglets · 17/04/2025 22:53

Do NOT put him on the mortgage until at least two years have gone by. Why? Because it is very rare for somebody to pretend they are something else for that long. However, he has already shown you who he is. Repeatedly.

Are you going to ignore what he keeps telling you? No equal partner "chips" in with chores as and when. He's not great father material either.

BoxOfCats · 17/04/2025 22:52

At least you’ve found out early on that you’re not compatible. Better to find out now while you have no real financial ties.

He’s shown that not only is he unwilling to pull his own weight, but that his response to you raising this issue is to sulk rather than having reasonable discussion like an adult.

NeverDropYourMooncup · 17/04/2025 22:52

To echo the start of my last post on your first thread:

Ha, ha, ha,

He might be a bit more interested once you hand him ownership of somewhere north (and potentially the equivalent of travelling to the Arctic Tundra, depending upon where you live) of a hundred thousand pounds?

He's not even got it in him to pretend for more than a month that he gives a shit about you, not even with the prospect of his gullible girlfriend giving him more money than he's ever going to begrudgingly hand over for groceries, bearing in mind he's being housed for free as well.

Fuck's sake woman, if you want an ungrateful but aesthetically pleasing male in the house, get a sodding cat.

JadeySmiles · 17/04/2025 22:50

I originally thought if living together this early didn’t work then he could move out and we’d continue with the relationship and try again in the future, but I don’t think that’s realistic now. If I suggested going back on this I think he’d dump me.

What a mess 😫

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Ineffable23 · 17/04/2025 22:49

I think, no matter how frustrating and upsetting this situation is, the thing to keep in mind here is how lucky you've got. He's not on your mortgage, you've not had babies with him and he is shooting you his behaviour.

I guess you could give him a few weeks to see if he "chips in" 50% of the housework. I suspect he won't but if you were feeling generous you could give him the benefit of the doubt. But don't get sucked back into living like you are now forever.

Newmumhere40 · 17/04/2025 22:46

YourWinter · 17/04/2025 22:45

This, this and this again.

Please see him for the loser he will always be, and get him out of your house and out of your life. Life is too short to waste on him and alone is a billion times better than sharing your life with this awful human.

I've never read a thread here that I feel so strongly about. I really really hope she does what's best for her.

Thelaundryfairyhasbeenassassinated · 17/04/2025 22:46

It's very upsetting when a relationship you have invested time and dreams into doesn't work out. It would however be more upsetting to be financially tied to this man and lose your home because he claimed he couldn't help with housework without being on the mortgage.

Do not entangle yourself financially with this man.

arethereanyleftatall · 17/04/2025 22:46

You’ve listed a pile of stuff that would see any woman with a healthy amount of self respect running for the hills from this man. Over any of them even individually, let alone together.

what is happening for you that you are having to question this?

YourWinter · 17/04/2025 22:45

Newmumhere40 · 17/04/2025 22:40

Not cleaning, not actively willing to, heading out to an Arsenal game when you asked to talk (not washing his fucking dinner plates), gaming, sulking and trying to coerse you to put him on your mortgage.....

What more do you need to see?!

Are you actually still attracted to this man child after witnessing this behavior? Imagine what he's going to be like in 6 months....I shudder to consider.

For the sake of your future happiness do what you know you need to do. You sound like an intelligent woman.

This, this and this again.

Please see him for the loser he will always be, and get him out of your house and out of your life. Life is too short to waste on him and alone is a billion times better than sharing your life with this awful human.

JemimaTab · 17/04/2025 22:44

He’s a leech. Don’t let him pressure you into putting him on the mortgage. In fact, if it were me, I’d get rid.

HappilySquare · 17/04/2025 22:44

For goodness sake OP, please don't settle for this. Remember - when someone shows you who they are, believe them. He's not even trying to hide what a lazy, entitled cocklodger he is. If you tolerate this, you will end up resentful and miserable - and swindled!

CoffeeBeansGalore · 17/04/2025 22:43

It's a bank holiday weekend. He can move back to his parents and they can give him the deposit for his own place.

He just wants to own YOUR hard worked for home with the built in maid and booty call.

He is treating you appallingly, not willing to do anything off his own back, and STILL EXPECTING you to sign over your home.

This is not a loving, supportive partner. He is a leech.

1dontunderstand · 17/04/2025 22:42

Throw this one back

Newmumhere40 · 17/04/2025 22:42

Fimofriend · 17/04/2025 22:34

So you need to tell him what to do or he won't do it? Just ask him to leave. He is never ever going to do even 20 % of the chores and if you get seriously ill he'll be out the door so fast.

Wait till he calls her a nag when she actually tells him what needs cleaning.....

toomuchfaff · 17/04/2025 22:42

He says he feels a bit awkward with getting stuck in given he doesn’t own the house and thinks he will be more comfortable once he is on the Mortgage

ABSOFUCKINLUTELY NOT

FOJN · 17/04/2025 22:41

He says he feels a bit awkward with getting stuck in given he doesn’t own the house and thinks he will be more comfortable once he is on the Mortgage and asked me when that will be. I said I want to wait and see how things go over the next few months as we get used to living with each other.

You took his piss poor attempt at manipulation seriously? And you are frustrated he didn't offer any suggestions about how things are split. He hasn't made any suggestions because he has no intention of doing anything whether he's on the mortgage or not.

The manchild is sulking and gaming in the spare room rather than packing his bags because you haven't told him to fuck off.

I think you are going to lose your house to this bloke.