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How do you deal with break ups? Who gets to stay in the house or apartment?
Let's say you both paid 1/2 for a 50" TV and then you break up. Who gets the TV? You can't cut the TV in half. You'll have to either give it up or sell it and split the profit. I don't think cohabitation is a good idea because the courts can't protect you. If you want to play house, then fine; but have you thought about if you break up?
Oh, the courts do indeed protect you. 2 years of cohabitation in most states is basically seen as marriage. Don't worry, uncle sam will not abandon you in need. He is there, always waiting to redistribute to the victims.
I wish the bank thought we were just playing house! They don't seem to like it when we pay the mortgage with Monopoly money and say "We're not married! We're just playing house!".
If we break up, he gets what he bought, I get what I bought. I do not foresee that, however.
We do not normally buy things 'together.'
With that being said, I bought most everything in my marriage and when we separated, I gave most of it to him. Every situation is different, whether or not you are married.
When I lived with my ex we bought everything separately. When we broke up we took our own stuff. We then split the security deposit on our house and went our separate ways.
I would never split large purchases with a partner.
Oh, the courts do indeed protect you. 2 years of cohabitation in most states is basically seen as marriage. Don't worry, uncle sam will not abandon you in need. He is there, always waiting to redistribute to the victims.
FALSE!
To be 'common in law married' you have to represent yourself as married. Otherwise, your just roomates.
I never made major purchases together. And, I was lucky. it worked out really well that she had things already that I didnt, and vice versa.
how would. i handle i if we did spit major purchases? Negotiate... I have this, you keep that....
And when I broke it off, I moved out and moved into another place locally, as she had literally no where to go, and since I had a place to go, I just moved out.
When I left, I took the things that I paid for, left some things I paid for, and left everything that he paid for. Any gifts to him I left and any gifts to me I took.
ive seen a guy clothes get burnt and his tv was in pieces in the driveway-
he didnt bother to ask where his gun was-afraid he would find a bullet coming after him
ive also seen a time, a guy came home early to find another guy with his wife- he screamed at both of them,,they left,,,he took all her belongings and gave them to goodwill
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