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To be annoyed at partner for being tight with money

128 replies

lavenderlover01 · 17/01/2024 14:08

So my partner and I had a baby 9 weeks ago and we have our own places, the plan was to purchase a place together (which I am doubting now).

Since the baby he has spent every night at mine.
I received gas and electricity bill today for £200 for a MONTH!

Usually I only pay £51 as I live in a 2 bed apartment.

I asked him for half the money and basically he is saying he shouldnt have to pay half.
He will have lights on in the day, forget to turn lights off.
He will also put the heating on and use the gas to heat the water up so he can have showers.

He will go out and do the grocery shopping and I will always pay him half otherwise he will just be on my case and last month he got really nasty shouting "wheres my money?".

He has not worked since November to help but his own choice and somehow I get the blame and he is bitter at me for losing him three months money.

He has a lot more money and savings then me and yet all he does is complain about money and I give him half on everything for our child.

I have now asked him to start staying at his own place as no way can I afford to be paying £200 a month on electric and gas.

I am really annoyed and to be honest I am sick of him constantly being in my personal space.

I have told him this and he has said he is not going as he wants to be with our child every day, I just dont know what to do.

OP posts:
Wishitsnows · 17/01/2024 14:10

Get him to leave. If you want to stay with this man then go to his and don’t pay a penny for anything

Shoxfordian · 17/01/2024 14:10

Tell him to leave and stay gone, he's no good

Coldupnorth7 · 17/01/2024 14:10

Cocklodger.

Ginmonkeyagain · 17/01/2024 14:13

Firstly he should be contributing financially when he is staying with you.

However with an extra person and a new baby you can't expect your energy bill to stay at £51 per month. We live in a 2 bed flat and pay £75 per month and that is just for two adults who are out a lot.

Keeva2017 · 17/01/2024 14:13

You’ve asked him to leave and he said no? Redest of the red flags. Kick the arrogant tight arse waste of space out of your home and I hope the door hits him on the way out.

Strokethefurrywall · 17/01/2024 14:13

I just can't with these threads...

What happened in your life that you have to question what you should do? Kick him the fuck out, break up with him, stop giving him any money, give the baby your surname and aim higher.

And don't say "he's a good dad", or "he's supportive in other ways". No he isn't. Not in any way that matters.

Frasers · 17/01/2024 14:23

So basically he’s not working through choice, staying with you, so you pay all the bills and he can have basically none at his. So it’s a cash saving thing. What a twat.

blackpanth · 17/01/2024 14:24

LTB

SausageAndEggSandwich · 17/01/2024 14:25

He's not a partner in any real sense, he's a freeloader who is taking money off your baby because he doesn't want to pay his own bills

Fuck him off and change the locks. And give the baby your surname.

lavenderlover01 · 17/01/2024 14:30

He even expects me to wash all his clothes here without even offering to pay a penny.

I understand with a baby and someone else staying that bills would go up but its gone up by £150.

He will moan at me for not washing the baby's clothes daily (I wash baby's clothes every other day) and he will moan saying I should be washing them daily.

I am just so fed up of him.
Next time when he asks me for halves on something I am not going to give him a penny as it seems he wont be paying me a penny from his response.
I have asked him to take all his laundry back to his as I will only be doing mine and baby's washing.

OP posts:
ConflictedCheetah · 17/01/2024 14:32

Saying no to requests for money and stopping his laundry isn't enough. You need your space back. It's your home. He needs to go home to his home.and give you some space to breathe and think.

BayCityCoaster · 17/01/2024 14:34

What an utter waste of space. How can you even go near him?

Please, for the love of God, make sure your contraception is now water-tight.

PossumintheHouse · 17/01/2024 14:34

Arrogant, tight-fisted arsehole. Tell him in no uncertain terms that he doesn’t have a choice but to leave. You aren’t his money sponge. If he refuses to leave or gets aggressive, you need to call the police.

Girlmumx2 · 17/01/2024 14:35

He’s meaning at you for not doing laundry every day when you e just had a baby??!!?!

geeze

kisstheblarney · 17/01/2024 14:35

I can't actually believe what I'm reading.

Buying a place together? How?

And all the other nonsense!

BayCityCoaster · 17/01/2024 14:36

Where do people find these men? And why, or why, do they always, always, suddenly find themselves pregnant to them…?

SequentialAnalyst · 17/01/2024 14:44

Please end this relationship. This man is exploiting you.

AMuser · 17/01/2024 14:46

Did you not fully assess his character before you decided to have a baby with him?

He sounds dire.

Summerhillsquare · 17/01/2024 14:46

Is he at least doing his share of caring for the baby?

Soubriquet · 17/01/2024 14:47

He’s not being tight. He’s just a cocklodger.

Why pay money when you can you do it for free?

kick him to the kerb

Makeitmakesensetoday · 17/01/2024 14:48

You posted about this just recently and everyone said leave him. Why aren't you listening?

Thelaundryfairyhasbeenassassinated · 17/01/2024 14:48

Your update is very worrying. You don't even mention considering leaving him. Get him out of your home and locks changed. He is a horrible man who will suck you dry. You are a mother now. You need to put your child first and having a useless father in the house that keeps money to himself and doesn't contribute is not beneficial to your child at all.

He is also mean to you. Firstly you do not deserve this and secondly your child does not deserve to be brought up witnessing this.

Big hugs. Am so sorry your journey into motherhood is being ruined by this low life. Only you have the power to change this.

Andthereyougo · 17/01/2024 14:53

Next time when he asks me for halves on something I am not going to give him a penny as it seems he wont be paying me a penny from his response.

Why would there be a next time?
Kick him out.
Make a claim for child support through cms.
He will not improve.

MrsTerryPratchett · 17/01/2024 14:55

Is he point bank refusing to leave? Or is it just weedling annoyance? If it's the first, you can call the police.

Throwawayme · 17/01/2024 14:56

He's an arsehole. Tell him to leave and if he won't, call the police