Choosing Beggar Wants Roommate To Pay More Rent Because She Earns More Money, Online Users Weigh In On The Situation

People generally think that it should be 50-50 no matter how much both are earning.

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• Published in Interesting
• September 19, 2023

Splitting the costs of rent among roommates shouldn't be a no-brainer. Ideally, it's 50-50 between two people and 33.3% each among three roommates.

If one of them is getting a larger room or a large space in general, most will pay a bit more. The most important thing is to discuss how everything will be split at the very beginning.

The split on utilities is typically 50-50, too, but it can also depend on the usage. For example, if one works at home while the other commutes to an office daily, it might be fair to adjust the utility split accordingly, perhaps a 60-40 split.

Others want to get technical when dividing the rent. Some people might want to calculate rent with lots of details, like how close your room is too common areas or if you have a private bathroom or a bigger space.

This can make things very precise but also confusing and cause arguments. Fortunately, with the help of technology, people can easily determine the costs and calculate how each person needs to pay.

In this post, we'll look at a screenshot of an online user who's asking for opinions on how they should go about splitting the rent with their roommate. It was posted on r/ChoosingBeggars because they want their roommate to pay more as she's earning more.

An online user saw a post on FB.

The user wants to know if it's fair that their roommate pays more since she earns more money than them.

What the FB users wants isn't ideal. Costs for the roommate should only be higher if they have more personal space in the apartment.

What the FB user wants isn't ideal between roommates. The setup is okay between SO's and married couples.

Other people agree that they'll only be willing to pay more rent if they're actually taking more space in the house.

The higher earning roommate should find a new roommate — someone who's actually fair about splitting costs.

Even others agree that this would only work between couples.

The person who gets the Master Bedroom should be paying more. Otherwise, split the costs equally.

The FB user probably isn't in a romantic relationship with their roommate. So they should suck it up, and pay their fair share.

At least his roommates were being nice about asking, unlike the FB poster who obviously wants to take advantage.

Roommates should split equally. End of story.

We don't know who gets the bigger room just from the FB post alone. So it's easy to assume that their rooms are of equal size.

What the FB poster intends to do is to take advantage of their roommate. It's never the fault of the roommate to be earning more money — the FB poster is just being unfair.

It wouldn't be surprising if one day, this person's roommate decides to leave. But maybe it'll teach a thing or two to the FB poster about fairness.

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