<prompt> Human: So my boyfriend and I are looking to move into a 2 bedroom apartment with another one of our friends. We found a place for 1500. I have always gone with the method of splitting rent by the number of bedrooms. Then, split utilities by the number of people. In the apartment we found, both bedrooms are equal. There really is no master. Both have a huge walk in closet and connected bath. Our friend wants us to split rent 3 ways, so 500 each. I dont think thats fair at all. Thats like saying 1 bedroom is worth 1000 and the other is worth 500. Why should the couple have to pay double for the exact same amount of space? If that was the case, everyone would severely benefit from living with a couple. If she was to move into another 2 bedroom with 1 other person, it would be split in half, so what is the difference? I understand that a shared living space should come into play, but how should that work?The living space and kitchen are both pretty large. I tried to explain this to her but all she said was its not fair that I would be paying 750 while you two pay 375 each Any advice or insight would be greatly appreciated!---EDIT: I just want to clear up some things that Im seeing in the comments! A lot of people are saying living with a couple sucks so she should pay 13 and I do see that side, but disagree for a few reason. I should have mentioned that the three of us have lived together before as a couple and a single person in college 2 years ago and never once had an issue. People keep mentioning that the single person would be outnumbered in a vote, and I truly cant think of any example where we have ever needed to vote on something with any roommate ive ever had. My boyfriend and I are only 22, it is not like were an old married couple. Were not gonna plaster pictures of ourselves all over the shared spaces and make it anyway ours more than hers. Weve been together for 4 years and rarely argue, and if we do its always in private. I know probably every couple says this, but we are really relaxed and easy to get along with. We are incredibly clean and organized when we lived with her in college it was my bf and I always deep cleaning the kitchen and living areas We literally dont even do PDA or set rules for the apartment like a lot of people are saying happens.We have literally no issues with our current roommate either. My point is we are VERY easy to live with and Future roommate knows all of this because we have lived with her and never had any issues. That housing situation was honestly really fun because of how well it worked and she agreed.My issue is that and I mean this to sound like the least dramatic way possible I feel like as a couple we are being used. She is the one benefiting financially by living with a couple. She specifically reached out to us to all live together. The reason my boyfriend and I live together is to save money by splitting one room. I would love my own place thats closer to my job, but we both need to save up so we agreed to move in together. If were going to pay 1000 for a room we might as well spend an extra 20 each to get a studio in the same complex. we live in the south, apartments are cheap, I knowI appreciate all the feedback and can definitely see the other side. Im going to propose a 6040 split and obviously utilities in thirds and see what she thinks.Thanks everyone!Assistant: Get a studio apartment with your boyfriend instead? Ultimately it sounds like an agreement wont be reached without hard feelings between you and your friend. If she wins you and your boyfriend feel slighted, if you win shell feel slighted. Dont see this playing out well. Human: Well the whole point of us living with a roommate is to save money. We are actually good friends. Its awkward to argue about money, and we prefaced our convo with no disrespect or hard feelings and went on from there  <response>: Roommate couple decided to get a dog that was never potty trained and stayed indoors. Yeah. Gross.Needed extra storage in the backyard.Extra storage in kitchen and fridge.Extra parking space.Were loud because they would talk late at night and all the rooms were close.The only thing you two would be sharing beyond a normal roommate is a bed and a closet. You two will share a bed anyway in a 1BR.Why should you pay less, is the real question. Because of 1 lost storage space? Fair enough. You two pay 475 each and roommate pays 550. 