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I need partner to buy house but unhappy

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Tryandtryagain02 · 19/06/2023 16:46

I don't think I'd be with my partner if I wasn't pregnant and didn't need to buy my house. He's just not what I want in a partner, seemingly bad with money (never has any) even though he's working. He says he has a lot of bills. Then he proceeds to moan about working nearly every day and having to work overtime to make this money. Every second day something is getting him down and he "needs" a drink after work after such a hard day. He's hardly ever encouraging and helpful around the house.

But, I feel like I have no other choice because I'm currently trying to buy my mum out of the house I'm living in as she wants her 50% and if not then she said we're to sell the house altogether and I can't afford to buy it alone as my wage is less and I have two children. I feel like he has no understanding of keeping a home, caring and organising two children, working and everything else.

The house I'm trying to buy is my Grandparents so its really special to me and I don't want to lose it. Secondly, I don't want to be a single parent to three children. I'm disappointed in myself for getting pregnant and making this mistake and I feel like if I tell my mum I'm not happy in the relationship she won't care because she wants her money. If I was to approach him about this then he tells me all of my faults and it ends up in an arguments. I feel really stuck.

OP posts:
Tryandtryagain02 · 19/06/2023 18:07

@AnneLovesGilbert yes I'm working as I've mentioned in my previous posts - I just don't earn as much as him and I'm not looking for him to house me, it would be shared.

OP posts:
Lefteyetwitch · 19/06/2023 18:09

Tryandtryagain02 · 19/06/2023 18:07

@AnneLovesGilbert yes I'm working as I've mentioned in my previous posts - I just don't earn as much as him and I'm not looking for him to house me, it would be shared.

Can you do it without him?
No? Then you are looking to him to house you and your kids

You can't seriously be thinking of going ahead with this?

NeverDropYourMooncup · 19/06/2023 18:18

If you were daft enough to buy it with him, he'd take loans out against its value.

Fancy being repossessed because he's decided not to pay the mortgage?

Fancy him taking half of it off you and forcing a sale anyway?

Fancy not being able to make him leave if he decides he's not going to work at all?

Your mother can go to court if she wants to force a sale. Part of it could well be that she doesn't like seeing this waste of space occupying the house and taking the piss out of you, though. It's less likely that you would be ordered to sell it as a single parent with no means of housing yourself in any case - not guaranteed, obviously - but less likely.

Get rid of him and see where things go. I can almost guarantee that whatever happens, it'll be better than being stuck with him.

user1471538283 · 19/06/2023 18:54

Speak to your DM really frankly. Maybe she will allow you to live there until you can increase your hours?

If not do not buy with him. Sooner or later you would lose the house anyway and so much damage will have been done to your DC.

I know you want to keep the house. But honestly houses are just bricks. Eventually you may be able to buy another house.

HowAmYa · 19/06/2023 19:15

So you still get half the money if you and your DM sell the house right?

Shouldn't that be more than enough for a deposit elsewhere?

Regarding your partner. You have every reason to leave and no proper reason to stay. He sounds absolutely awful. Do you really see him stopping his bitching and drinking when there's the stress of a newborn? Ditch this arsehole!

YoSof · 19/06/2023 19:43

Would your mum let you stay in the house and pay her rent on her share?

Dont buy with him - you’ll end up losing the house anyway. Your peace is worth more than bricks and mortar, even if it is sentimental x

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