Quote Originally Posted by Durk View Post
I wish stuff was more divyed up between yearly income, and money/assets brought into the relationship prior to common law/marriage.

Heres what my friends dad used to do:

He would make his G/f pay him cheques every month for rent making her only look like someone who rented off of him. She left him, and she could not take anything away from him. Smart man.
Let's see.

Early on in my relationship with my ex and when we move in together/bought a hhouse she made more than I. Considerably more. She was 4 years older and had already establisher her career. I was just getting going. She paid for the majority of things in the first 2-3 years of us owning our house including the down payment which came from her borring against her RRSP's.

By about the 4th year I was making more than her and by the 5, 6 and 7th years I was making 2-3 times more than she was. Nature of my industry for what I do.

Should I have had to lose out on my house during those first few years because she made more than I?

If you are going into a relationship with someone and thinking it to be a long-term thing then if you split up and half to split things equally then thems the breaks. Oh well.