<prompt> Human: So my GF and I promised to split everything we use together 5050 when she moved in with me, she wanted to pursue a business opportunity, and I supported her in that pursuit, but it didnt work out. Fast forward 8 months, and Ive been paying for everything since shes moved in food, rent, bills, trips to visit her family, literally everything. If we would have been splitting everything together since she moved in, she would owe me about 10,000. She is starting back with college, and we are moving to a nicer area, so our rent is going up. She is getting a little above minimum wage job, starting in two weeks, but we are unsure on how much that will pay her, because we dont know how many hours she will get. It could not even cover her half of things, or it could allow her to pay me back little by little but not have much for herself.She is hinting at she wants me to wait until she graduates from college to start paying back the majority of it. But my main business recently failed and I need the money, more than I usually would. She has also hinted at me getting a job so the business failing means less, but I think thats beside the point, as it has nothing to do with her debt to me, but I also dont want to make her life financially difficult. She has said she would get a second job if she has too, but I can tell she doesnt want to, and I also dont want her to. I think we will be together for a long time, but I am also worried on if we break up, am I just out of 10,000 or is there a way to protect myself?tl;dr: GF owes me 10k, with little way to pay it back, is there a way to assure Ill be paid it back? How should I handle it?  <response>: My vote, you need to be asking questions in rrelationships rrelationship_advice about how to communicate with your girlfriend about the importance of this debt being paid back quickly. 