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[SkiOtter]

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*laughs nervously*

I've had an account on SDN for almost half my life...

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[JaynaAli]

Did a beehive inspection today. It’s only the second check I’ve done so far this spring, but my hive seemed to be doing great. Located the queen, so I went ahead and split the hive into two separate colonies. Now we’ve officially doubled the size of my bee ‘operation’. I also have a deposit on another hive to purchase later this spring, so we should have plenty of honey come this summer!

 

[RTC19]

What is the social acceptability of asking a friend to pay proportional rent rather than 50/50 if she makes a lot more money than you? We had long been planning to move in together. We talked about moving in together when she got her current apartment, but it wasn’t a good time for me.

I don’t want to talk about it, but because of some issues with my brother, things may not work out for me to live with my mom. I am trying to come up with a Plan B. I realistically can’t live alone because, in order to do that, I would need to move to a cheaper community and I have too much family responsibility here.

The friend I have in mind makes 5 times the amount of money I do currently. It will still be about double when I finish grad school. She also doesn’t have debt and I do. She is also why we have to live in the more expensive area if we live together. I feel like it is more fair for rent to be proportional, but we are friends and not a couple. I also am from the much poorer side of the economic fence and I am not sure she appreciates what it’s like to not have money because she has always had it.

 

[apoptosis09]

What is the social acceptability of asking a friend to pay proportional rent rather than 50/50 if she makes a lot more money than you? We had long been planning to move in together. We talked about moving in together when she got her current apartment, but it wasn’t a good time for me.

I don’t want to talk about it, but because of some issues with my brother, things may not work out for me to live with my mom. I am trying to come up with a Plan B. I realistically can’t live alone because, in order to do that, I would need to move to a cheaper community and I have too much family responsibility here.

The friend I have in mind makes 5 times the amount of money I do currently. It will still be about double when I finish grad school. She also doesn’t have debt and I do. She is also why we have to live in the more expensive area if we live together. I feel like it is more fair for rent to be proportional, but we are friends and not a couple. I also am from the much poorer side of the economic fence and I am not sure she appreciates what it’s like to not have money because she has always had it.

I can't say that splitting based on income is very common, and may not be well received if you ask. From her perspective, that may not seem fair if she's paying more for the same accommodation.

However some options might be to either discuss splitting based on allocated space (e.g. she pays more if she takes the master bedroom, or keeps her car in the garage whilst you park in the driveway/street).

You can also simply tell her that you can't afford 50% of the rent price in whatever area she wants to live in, but you could afford an even split in another area, and see if she's willing to make up the difference that way, since at that point it would be her choice to take on the additional expense.

 

[RTC19]

I can't say that splitting based on income is very common, and may not be well received if you ask. From her perspective, that may not seem fair if she's paying more for the same accommodation.

However some options might be to either discuss splitting based on allocated space (e.g. she pays more if she takes the master bedroom, or keeps her car in the garage whilst you park in the driveway/street).

You can also simply tell her that you can't afford 50% of the rent price in whatever area she wants to live in, but you could afford an even split in another area, and see if she's willing to make up the difference that way, since at that point it would be her choice to take on the additional expense.

Thank you!

 

[SkiOtter]

Happy Easter to all those who celebrate!!! Minnie of course had a banana themed basket because she is o b s e s s e d (as evidenced by the last two photos)

 

[RTC19]

Happy Easter, @SkiOtter and pets!