Boyfriend Lied for a Year That He Rented Instead of Owned His Home, Then Ran a "Marriage Test"... Outrageous [What Do You Think?]

[Financial News] A story has surfaced about a man who was about to get married but lied to his girlfriend for more than a year, saying he was renting when he actually owned his home. The revelation has sparked heated debate online.

A post titled "My boyfriend lied that he was renting as a marriage test" was recently uploaded to an online community.
A, who had been dating her boyfriend for about 1 year and 5 months, was preparing for marriage in earnest, even setting a date to meet both families. The two naturally began sharing details about their financial situations and the level of support their families would provide for the wedding.
In the process, A learned something unexpected. Her boyfriend had been living in a home he owned, but had told her it was a rental.
In fact, he was living in a house registered under his own name, and the money he paid each month was not rent but mortgage payments.
When A asked why, her boyfriend replied, "People around me told me to hide the fact that I owned a house from my girlfriend." He said he was moved that A wanted to marry him even though he did not have much property, adding, "After hearing that, I came to think of her as someone I would spend my life with."
A said she was upset not because he owned a house, but because he had kept lying. She said, "What upset me was simply that he kept lying," and added, "He always said that after paying rent, there was nothing left."
She continued, "Even when we ate together or went on dates, I worried that it might burden him unnecessarily," and added, "Now that I know he was actually talking about loan payments, everything he said before feels different."
Her boyfriend then asked her, in effect, "If I had said I didn't have a house when I did, that would be fraud. But isn't it not wrong to say you don't have something when you do?"

A said, "The fact that he wanted to test the person he might marry also makes me feel uneasy. No matter what others said, he was the one who chose not to tell me."
She went on to say, "I don't even know what I was trusting all this time," and added, "At this point, I don't know whether we should even continue with the marriage."
After hearing the story, online users offered mixed reactions, saying things like, "The fact that he lied at all makes it seem like trust will never be there," "Trust is the most important thing in a marriage, so a test like that..." and "Isn't that still better than saying a rental was owned?"
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