<prompt> Human: My SO and I have been dating for a year and a bit and currently live together. We are renting a house right now and both recently finished school and began working. I would like to buy a house sooner rather than later so that the rent money can be put to good use. The trouble is we cant really buy a house together because that just seems to risky if we go our separate ways at some point. Or if only one of us bought a house and the other had to pay rent or live there for free, that isnt fair either. What have other people done in this situation? Is there a clean way to go about it?  <response>: Dont do it - itll be a mess if and when you break up. 