I know the answer may seem pretty blatant from the title but hear me out.

So I’m 21, my son’s mom is 22, and our son is almost 2. She graduated college this past December while I graduate in December of this year. She got a full time job in her hometown, about 2 hours away, &amp; moved in with her parents along with the baby. The plan is just to wait till I graduate and then we’ll get our own place down there.

Here’s the problem. His new daycare is $800 a month and she wants me to pay half. I think that this is unfair. I’m working an internship and spend about $900-$1000 a month on rent, utilities, groceries, etc. She’s living with her parents rent free, is making more than I am at her new job, and her only expenses are gas, daycare and diapers. Everything else is provided by her parents. So I told her that I feel it’d be a bit unfair for me to have to give an extra $400 a month when I’m already scraping by as is. Her reasoning is that it’s hard to take care of a baby “alone” and he’s both of our responsibility, which is true, but I’m still not understanding why she needs my money when she’s more than capable of paying his daycare on her own. I honestly think that she’s just being cheap.

AITA?