A woman in Taiwan, who thought she was splitting her 10-year rent with her boyfriend before he ended the relationship, discovered he was the landlord and said she used to inadvertently pay off his mortgage in full.

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In a post on social media, the woman revealed that they had been in a relationship for 20 years, and rented an apartment together after her boyfriend insisted it was more cost-effective than buying a property. scmp.

She said that she had only seen someone who she thought was the owner of the apartment, and he would take care of fixing anything in the apartment if it broke, and she added: “When I contacted the supposed owner, he told me that because he owns several properties, he uses outside contractors to deal with the repairs. This is very common in the rental industry, so I did not suspect anything.”

Her boyfriend also reassured her by saying, “Our landlord really values ​​a tenant’s privacy, and he lives far away, so he wouldn’t come unless it was necessary.” Her boyfriend would give the money to the “landlord” after she paid him her share. He also claimed that the landlord’s address was close to his business, so it was easier for him to deal with him directly and he claimed he was concerned that the landlord might try to set her up if she met him.

In the twelfth year of their relationship, the woman started a new job that required a much longer commute and suggested moving closer to her work. However, her boyfriend immediately dismissed the idea, saying, “He kept begging me, promising solutions for a long commute. He even offered to drive me to and from work and do all the household responsibilities.”

The woman added that after 20 years, she thought they were expecting marriage, but it was wrong, however, to her surprise, the man abruptly ended their relationship, accused her of being lazy and frivolous, said they had no future, and asked her to leave.

At the same time, a home loan payment letter suspiciously addressed to her boyfriend arrives at the apartment in the mail, and finally the money drops that her boyfriend was actually the owner of the apartment they had been living in for 10 years.

“It looked like someone had deliberately forwarded the letter, and the envelope clearly showed signs of being opened from before,” she said. “The monthly mortgage amount was the same as my ‘share’ of the rent, so I would pay off his mortgage and then cancel.”