Bf(25M) has been living with me (26F) since 11-25. He had his apartment and had been paying it($1000) until March of this year, when he broke his lease to move in with me. I pay a mortgage on my house, have tenants which helps but I still cover the rest + utilities. He was let go of his job in January ($16/hr) and was without a job until March when I had helped him get a job that now pays him $26/hr. My bf has a toddler who he has temp parenting time w/ on the weekends, recently established in March after not seeing her for several months due to legal disputes w/ the BM. I provided the 2nd bedroom on my floor for her to have her own space on the weekends, before the second bedroom was used by him. He's currently dealing with a custody dispute regarding the toddler and lawyer/court fees are totaling up. I paid $3500 for his retainer. Split groceries sometimes, or when we get takeout. I thought it would be ideal to talk about money as we have been together for a year now and he's been living with me for many months. In December he had told me he would be willing to pay me $700 a month for rent so this was my idea. 2 weeks ago I brought it up, now that he has a job he could start paying me something. He instantly said he could give me $200 a month, which left me confused as I had thought he would stick to his word, $700 especially now that he makes decent money. I told him he had said $700 and he told me that it $200.00 or nothing and that I sounded like a gold-digger. And continued to tell me I wasn't thinking about his expenses regarding his child(lawyer fees, possible daycare in the future after case is closed) or that I just didn't care. He went on to tell me that if money is so important to me then he wont buy me nice things anymore because I expect rent money so he'd rather put it towards that. I just shut down and didn't bother talking about it anymore. Yesterday I brought it up again and we budgeted his month. Its a 3 paycheck month and he had told me he would pay me this week but when brought up he said he can pay be when the next paycheck hits. I told him I expect $500 and anything else he wants to give me would be going towards the debt he owes me. He said he doesn't want to commit to anything because he doesn't know all his expenses. When we budgeted the month for him based on $3000 he had $1600 left over. When i pointed out the $1600, he just said he didn't understand why I was pushing it if he wasn't comfortable talking about money at that moment. He went on to tell me he doesn't need me, he has his own car, If money is such an issue for me, he could look for his own place. He told me, he makes time for my family, for us, he values our relationship but that I always bring up the finances. I don't need money, I just want him to be accountable and I don't want to feel like I'm being taken advantage of. I have been with him through the worst(having his daughter taken away from him for months) and have never asked him for anything at all.