"I have been living together with my partner for the past 15 years with our two children and one daughter of my own. Our relationship was purely sexual at first, then we both got divorces so we could build a future together. This future has mainly consisted of making material and building choices (as he is very well-skilled) and raising our children."
"Recently, we moved to a new home that he was supposed to renovate. It has been three years, and one-third of the renovation has not been finished, which makes me very mad. I am a good housekeeper, very neat, and a perfectionist on these matters. Even a screw on the wrong side can make me go crazy. These screws, hanging cables, and temporary building solutions are hanging everywhere, and honestly, I cannot live like this anymore, and I have told him so many times."
"We did not have the money to completely renovate our new home until a common real estate purchase together, which turned out very well for us. The initial agreement after selling it was to invest the surplus in our home renovation. Formally, it is my home, not ours, but this has never been an issue to me. This, however, did not happen."
She has lived with her partner for 15 years and raises three children. The relationship began sexually and continued after both divorced to build a future. The partner is self-employed with lower income but time for children; she earns a high salary and has covered household expenses. They moved into a home he was to renovate; after three years one-third of the work remains unfinished, with visible screws, cables, and temporary fixes. He frequently flirts with and responds to attention from other women in her presence. They agreed to invest property-sale surplus in renovations, but he invested the funds in a second property with another man without her knowledge. She has 25 years' experience in banking, real estate, and mortgages.
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