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Boyfriend been kicked out and wants to live with me....

195 replies

homealonnneee · 20/12/2021 20:30

Been together 6 months.
He had his own flat 5 mins away from me.
His landlord is a arse and has kicked him out.
He keeps saying il just sleep in my car(obviously I can't let him do that )But I know once he is in mine he won't leave.
I'm not ready to live with him
What do I do?
Even if I say I will find you somewhere to live he will say he can't afford bond etc
Months rent up front etc
I feel totally trapped into letting him stay now

OP posts:
WaterBottle123 · 21/12/2021 10:42

He's lying, that story just has bull shit written all over it.

celiamary · 21/12/2021 11:26

@homealonnneee

He has friends but his family live in London
Better chance of finding a job in London then.
Trixiethewhore · 21/12/2021 11:29

Of course you don't have to let him live with you.

Where he lives isn't your problem. Let him work it out for himself.

No way would I let him move in after 6 months.

Queenie6655 · 21/12/2021 11:34

All sounds so dodgy sorry

Please don't

AlfonsoTheUnrepentant · 21/12/2021 11:49

@homealonnneee

Well that's the strange thing He was paying £400 a month So I don't get why he would do it. He said last month he paid £300 and said he wouldn't start paying the full £400 till his repairs were sorted
That's illegal. And stupid.
ilssagain · 21/12/2021 11:57

Classic hobosexual.
No man falls in love faster than someone who needs a place to live.
It's also a typical cocklodging move - this is how they normally end up living with a woman and taking the piss. Fairly early on in the relationship there's some kind of "housing emergency" and they are homeless etcetc, will need to sleep in car..... then they plague their girlfriend with constant woe is me stories. Next thing, he's moved in and then starts taking the piss - not contributing fully - financially or around the home. Expecting laundry done, expecting a clean home, food on the table.
If you end up with a Grade A cocklodger, a few months after the "housing emergency" there'll be some "work crisis" with them losing a job or giving the job up because of some issue and then you've got an unemployed cocklodger lying around the place not contributing.

Some people are going to say i'm going over the top here and maybe this guy is genuine, but I've seen stories like this too often over the years (and was victim of a cocklodger myself). It always follows the same (or very similar) script.

If you have doubts and do not want him to move in, just keep telling him that and be wary of him moving in by stealth.
He needs to find somewhere else to live ASAP and can stay with a friend or relative for a couple of weeks until he finds something.

AlfonsoTheUnrepentant · 21/12/2021 12:00

The boyfriend did not pay the full rent, which is illegal.

IncompleteSenten · 21/12/2021 12:01

You'd have to be out of your mind to let him get his feet under the table when that is not what you want. You even know that once he was in, he would not leave. Listen to yourself! He would refuse to leave your home!

That's not someone you want to give an inch to

Next time he wangs on about having to sleep in his car you say well, hopefully it won't come to that. You should look for a room to rent.

bedheadedzombie · 21/12/2021 12:15

There are more holes in that story of his than that ceiling...

Landlords want money, that's why they rent out property. They don't want to kick someone out suddenly and then needing time to do repairs before they can rent it out again. That's basically a loss of money.

Gah81 · 21/12/2021 12:20

Don't do it. If you are not ready to live with him and you know he won't leave, don't do it. He is a grown man, he has other options (eg friends, a hotel to tide him over while he rents another place etc, staying with family for a bit - even if not in London).

BlokeHereInPeace · 21/12/2021 12:21

Surely the reason for the homelessness is irrelevant. Either you want him living with you, or you don't. If you don't, say no.

Big decision time, good luck.

Grandville · 21/12/2021 13:28

Sounds like you have your head screwed on. He is an adult who can sort his own problems.

Successgirl2022 · 21/12/2021 13:33

@NynaeveSedai

No, my husband comes from a middle-class stable happy enough family. He was self-motivated and built a good enough career and life for himself. But in his childhood, his family also could struggle a bit financially with 3 children, him, his 2 years older sister, and his 2 years younger brother. He knew to have a better life financially he had to try his best at school, college, university, and in his career to achieve what he has achieved Thank God and him.

But if my husband was originally poor, I would still agree to marry him and we would build a well-off life together working on it together and as a team (like we have done). Happy marriage commitment means 'for better for worse, for richer for poorer, in sickness, and in health'.

Some men/women/families can become rich and well off and can become bankrupts making wrong decisions in business/investments and not all families survive after that as well. If someone is rich/well off, it's never a guarantee they will stay like this for life and they could also have financial ups and downs from time to time.

People can be in different life situations because of different circumstances. Their financial success also depends on if their parents/they have good health as well as good mental health, resilience to work/study hard etc. If they had a clear vision and goals for what they wanted to achieve in their life career-wise and financially. Some people can be happy with the bare minimum in life, some need more or much more but often they have to work hard or very hard for it.

Some people can come from dysfunctional poor families that are NOT their personal fault and can build a happy stable minimum middle-class level for themselves and their family and more - higher income level, can become richer) and more well-off and financially more stable and secure than their parents.

A person's upbringing in poverty and their occasionally not-so-happy childhood is not necessarily their own poverty for life.

MrMrsJones · 21/12/2021 13:37

@homealonnneee

He has repairs he wants doing and the landlord wouldn't do it. (This is true,he has a massive hole in his ceiling ) So landlord changed locks whilst he was at work and left his things outside
Well that is illegal
BlackAmericanoNoSugar · 21/12/2021 13:41

OP, if you 'know' that if he moves in then he won't move out again that suggests to me that there has been previous red-flag behaviour. Has he borrowed money and not paid back, or allowed you to pay for things and not reciprocated? Does he treat your belongings and resources as though they are his? It's only been six months, if you are already aware of selfish behaviour on his part do you think it's worthwhile continuing with the relationship?

HarrisonStickle · 21/12/2021 13:42

DO NOT LET HIM MOVE IN!!!

You instinctively know that he's a piss taker so dump him. Especially since he's pressuring you.

Of course you can 'let' him sleep in his car. He's not your responsibility. Please don't be a Grade A Idiot and let him stay.

Successgirl2022 · 21/12/2021 13:48

Also, to achieve in life financially a person has to have high self-esteem and know he/she DESERVES success and better life.

If they have low self-esteem, they have to work on themselves to increase it to become high changing their mindset from sometimes negative into positive, establishing good life & health habits that will help them to achieve prosperity.

It's also useful to learn about savings and investments and to educate yourself with basic financial knowledge.

Also, one of the ways people can achieve in their career is when they increase their knowledge, competence, experience and achieve higher levels in their chosen profession.

Successgirl2022 · 21/12/2021 13:54

@IncompleteSenten

You'd have to be out of your mind to let him get his feet under the table when that is not what you want. You even know that once he was in, he would not leave. Listen to yourself! He would refuse to leave your home!

That's not someone you want to give an inch to

Next time he wangs on about having to sleep in his car you say well, hopefully it won't come to that. You should look for a room to rent.

Yes, renting a room is always an option and most working people can afford it to start with.
Successgirl2022 · 21/12/2021 13:56

@AlfonsoTheUnrepentant

The boyfriend did not pay the full rent, which is illegal.
It's also illegal for a landlord to rent out a flat with a hole in the ceiling and ignore it for months or years when asked to repair it.

In this case, there was no contract, but if there was a contract, it would be illegal.

Successgirl2022 · 21/12/2021 14:08

@dustandfluf

It all depends on how honest, genuine, reliable, and hard-working the person is.

Our British Queen Elizabeth the 2nd married Prince Philip, when he was a poor Greek Prince asylum seeker and his family lost power after the Greek revolutions.

AlfonsoTheUnrepentant · 21/12/2021 14:10

It's also illegal for a landlord to rent out a flat with a hole in the ceiling and ignore it for months or years when asked to repair it.

@Successgirl2022, You are assuming facts not in evidence. At no point did the OP say how long her boyfriend had been living in the flat or that there was a hole in the flat when he moved in. All she said was that the landlord is a friend of a friend and that, to the best of her knowledge, he does not have a tenancy agreement.

In this case, there was no contract, but if there was a contract, it would be illegal.

That is irrelevant. Not paying rent is illegal, as per the link I provided.

Successgirl2022 · 21/12/2021 14:10

His family was forced to leave Greece and lived in France before his British uncle who was in British Navy managed to move him to a British boarding school to study at the age of 9.

Successgirl2022 · 21/12/2021 14:11

They lived in France in poverty at that time

AlfonsoTheUnrepentant · 21/12/2021 14:12

[quote Successgirl2022]@dustandfluf

It all depends on how honest, genuine, reliable, and hard-working the person is.

Our British Queen Elizabeth the 2nd married Prince Philip, when he was a poor Greek Prince asylum seeker and his family lost power after the Greek revolutions.[/quote]
He was never an asylum seeker. Really, @Successgirl2022, your posts contain some odd ideas.

Successgirl2022 · 21/12/2021 14:14

@allAlfonsoTheUnrepentant

It is relevant.

Not repairing a property is also illegal when there is a contract, What is illegal goes BOTH ways.

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