However, after a sudden death in his family, Tom said he had to move in with me claiming that he ‘needed’ our relationship.’ As much as I didn’t want to get back together, I felt bad, so I obliged.
Adding him to the mortgage seemed to take only a matter of weeks, but removing him and getting my property back solely in my name took five years.
I wanted to marry him eventually, but I wanted us to one day buy a place together and I had already started saving up for my own place instead – by January 2014 I’d banked £20,000.
Removing him from the mortgage and getting my property back solely in my name took five years.
The mortgage and deeds were in my name and, though he had contributed to repayments and bills since moving in, I didn’t want to change this arrangement because I knew he couldn’t be trusted with the responsibility.
