{"id":12582,"date":"2024-06-15T18:54:04","date_gmt":"2024-06-15T18:54:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12582"},"modified":"2024-06-15T18:54:04","modified_gmt":"2024-06-15T18:54:04","slug":"womans-boyfriend-sparks-huge-debate-for-asking-her-to-cover-the-bills-with-her-4-million-inheritance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/used82.com\/?p=12582","title":{"rendered":"Woman&#8217;s boyfriend sparks huge debate for asking her to cover the bills with her $4 million inheritance"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2 class=\"summary_summary__q_VAA\">A Reddit user&#8217;s boyfriend has left people divided<\/h2>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\"><strong>A man asked his girlfriend to cover all the bills after she inherited $4 million and it&#8217;s sparked heated debate online.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">If $4 million fell into most of our bank accounts, we&#8217;d probably jump up and down for joy and think many of our problems were solved, however, coming into great sums of\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/money\">money<\/a> is hardly ever straightforward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">A woman took to\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/reddit\">Reddit<\/a>\u00a0thread r\/AmItheA**hole to call on social media users&#8217; thoughts,\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/AmItheAsshole\/comments\/f2wl3j\/aita_for_telling_my_boyfriend_he_isnt_entitled_to\/?utm_source=embedv2&amp;utm_medium=post_embed&amp;utm_content=whitespace&amp;embed_host_url=https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/community\/woman-boyfriend-cover-bills-4-million-inheritance-reddit-795510-20231123\">explaining\u00a0<\/a>after her grandfather passed away, she came into a sum of &#8216;a little over $4 million from his estate&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She added that she &#8216;had no idea&#8217; her grandpa even had &#8216;much money&#8217; and believed all of it would go to her mom.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;After I got over the initial shock, I took the opportunity to finally quit my job (which I really hated), as I don\u2019t have any outstanding debts and can easily live off of $40,000 a year,&#8221; she said. &#8220;I\u2019m pretty introverted and am more than happy to stay at home working on art\/<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/music\">music<\/a>\/other interests and\u00a0<a class=\"link_link__LDfG6\" href=\"https:\/\/www.unilad.com\/gaming\">gaming<\/a>.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">However, despite the influx in cash giving the Redditor the opportunity to leave her hated job and seek a more enjoyable way of life, it didn&#8217;t make matters easier with her partner.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-image_articleImage__eyzAn\">\n<div class=\"article-image_imageWrapper__ANtPE\"><img decoding=\"async\" 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class=\"image-credit_imageCredit__YMlqS\">A Reddit user explained that after her grandfather passed away she became a millionaire (Getty Stock Images)<\/cite><\/div>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She explained: &#8220;Ever since I inherited the money, my boyfriend has been pressuring me to cover all of the rent and utilities (about $1200 a month) for our apartment and start putting money away into a joint savings fund.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">The Reddit user clarified that she and her partner were not married and had only been going out for a year and a half.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She also noted that she continues to pay her half of the rent and has started paying a housekeeper to come in and clean their home a few times a week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">She closed by saying: &#8220;I told my boyfriend he isn\u2019t entitled to my money and he said I was being selfish for expecting him to still contribute to the rent when I could easily 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This is YOUR money. YOU have this money and YOU will do whatever YOU want to do with it,\u201d said another.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">\u201cI could see discussing doing DIFFERENT work but the idea that he should just chill and live off your inheritance?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.reddit.com\/r\/AmItheAsshole\/comments\/f2wl3j\/aita_for_telling_my_boyfriend_he_isnt_entitled_to\/?embed=true&amp;ref_source=embed&amp;ref=share&amp;utm_medium=widgets&amp;utm_source=embedv2&amp;utm_term=23&amp;utm_name=post_embed&amp;embed_host_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.unilad.com%2Fnews%2Fmoney%2Fboyfriend-requests-girlfriend-cover-bills-inheritance-reddit-132947-20240615\" width=\"640px\" height=\"316\" scrolling=\"no\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;Bad look dude. I have a suspicion the money will last a lot longer than the boyfriend,\u201d someone added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">However, others felt differently about it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">One commenter said they&#8217;d &#8216;seriously reconsider my relationship if my gf received a large inheritance and used that to immediately retire and bum around for the rest of her life&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">While a second said that while the boyfriend&#8217;s actions were &#8216;inappropriate&#8217;, they couldn&#8217;t just expect the relationship &#8216;to simply go on unchanged without any discussion about the future&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">And a third said: &#8220;I completely understand the BF perspective. This is a relationship over a year with cohabitation so it&#8217;s pretty serious by almost any standard.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;The OP has essentially made a choice that puts the BF in the awkward position of being expendable.<\/p>\n<p class=\"text_text__nEn66\">&#8220;OP has decided to restructure an entire lifestyle without including him. 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