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[quote=Anonymous]So you asked him to adjust your contribution down because he wasn't paying a mortgage and he gave you a spreadsheet with his current expenses (sans mortgage) and he expects you to pay half? If that's accurate, that is probably substantially less than what rent would be since rent normally comes close to covering expenses plus a mortgage. So you too should be getting a below-market 'rent' since the mortgage is paid off.

And you owned a house which you helped pay down, partly with his contribution, right? What have you done with that equity? Is that invested? Do you rent it out and keep the money?

You need a conversation. What Suze Orman recommends is you each contribute the percentage of your income. I don't like that this man is cheap but it also sounds like you don't talk about what's bothering you, and you hold it all in.

My biggest suggestion is to talk to a lawyer. You may be common law. You may have rights to his house and even to support payments, if your income is substantially lower than his. But then again, he may have rights to the equity you built up, or part of your pension earned while you two were together, etc. If you're going to leave, you should talk to an attorney first. [/quote]

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