Some background: Partner and I began dating in June of 2002. I have a daughter from a prior marriage who was 2 at the time we began dating. We dated un October 2003 at which time he ended the relationship as he "didn't love me". In February of 2005 we got back together and in October 2006 he had me move in with him. At the time I was living in an apartment and ended up getting rid of a lot of my furniture when I moved in with him, including mine and my daughter's bed, kitchen table and chairs, etc. We have been living together since then and presenting ourselves as a family to friends and family. My daughter considers him her "other Dad" and my partner is involved in the daily parenting of her including punishment's like time-outs, etc. I work part-time outside the home as well as part time from the home (that has not changed since I moved in except my hours outside the home have been reduced by 5 hours/week due to injuries from an MVA in May 2005). I also have a parent with terminal cancer. I have paid him $220 bi-weekly since I moved in to pay towards expenses, as well as purchasing groceries for the whole family (he also buys towards groceries). He has lavished many gifts on my daughter, including buying her a Playstation game just a week ago for Christmas (he owns the Playstation, not me)
He has now ended the relationship, again citing "he doesn't love me enough to move forward." When I moved in with him in Oct 2004 I told him my condition for moving in was that we would get married at some point. He also indicated at that time that he wanted us to have a child together. I am going to look at apartments today.
My question is:
Am I entitled to any of the posessions in the house since I gave up most of mine when I moved in? (obviously under the impression that this was a permanent move and we would be getting married at some point).
I would like to ask him for two beds (the one my daughter sleeps in as well as the spare bed downstairs) and a lump sum of csah in the amount of $2000 to allow me to get back on my feet again. He makes 4x my salary (he earns almost 100,000/year).
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer. I and my daughter are both devestated over this - she has often referred to him as her "dad", including school projects.
He has now ended the relationship, again citing "he doesn't love me enough to move forward." When I moved in with him in Oct 2004 I told him my condition for moving in was that we would get married at some point. He also indicated at that time that he wanted us to have a child together. I am going to look at apartments today.
My question is:
Am I entitled to any of the posessions in the house since I gave up most of mine when I moved in? (obviously under the impression that this was a permanent move and we would be getting married at some point).
I would like to ask him for two beds (the one my daughter sleeps in as well as the spare bed downstairs) and a lump sum of csah in the amount of $2000 to allow me to get back on my feet again. He makes 4x my salary (he earns almost 100,000/year).
Thank you in advance for any help you can offer. I and my daughter are both devestated over this - she has often referred to him as her "dad", including school projects.
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