How do you and your partner split the bills?

Malky

lola34 wrote: »

whats mine is mine and what his is mine:p

Funnily enough, I hear that all the time from my wife

Fliss_M

I think thta could work for you. I too earn more then dh but I also do all the budgeting and cash flow. So all debts come out of my account and when he gets paid, most of it gets put in my account to continue the paying of bills. I try to work it more as working out whats spare each month and splitting that

krustylouise

Hi,

My boyfriend is moving in with me and my 4year old daughter soon and we intend to have all income paid into 1 account, bills come out, along with savings and day to day expense eg petrol etc. Then whatever's left will be split 50/50.

I work 30hours and he works 39, he gets paid £2 more ph than me, but I also receive child benefit, and maintenance from DD's Dad so it will all even out.

Thanks

Kirsty xxx

naughtymittens

Interesting question. I earn more than my OH so I contribute more, I think that is fairer tbh. We have a joint account for all bills, etc then we have our own accounts for fun stuff and anything we want to buy. If we split everything 50/50 then he wouldn't be able to do a lot of the stuff because he would have less in his own account so I'd rather we were equal in that respect. He might earn less but it's just money and I think we are a team so he should benefit equally from my good fortune in having a well paid job. Especially as he is so kind and supportive to me!

wullie

I pay everything , of course i'm lucky to earn much more than my wife but she never has to pay a bill. On the plus side i can be very secretive what i do with my money that is left over.:j:j As long as all the bills are settled she can hardly complain. It's great

littleboop

Me and my OH split everything 50/50. I think this is fair as we use half the electricity/gas etc each. The only difference is food, where he eats about twice the amount I do! We still split this by half though as I tend to have slightly more expensive tastes. He'll have a couple of slices of bread and butter as a snack worth a couple of pence, whereas I'll settle down with a load of strawberries or grapes or posh cereal. I'm sure it all works out equal in the end

PPink

My OH and I are due to move in and he earns double what I do therefore as many people have said 50/50 wouldn't be the fairest way. I would still want to pay my fair shares though and for both of us to go out etc.

How do you work out the percentage to show who pays what according to their wages? (2 day hangover - the brain cells are not working at all!) As I believe this could be a good starting point for us

Thanks!

arbroath_lass

All our money goes into a joint account. The bills/mortgage/petrol are all paid from there. We each get the same spending money every month and anything left over is saved.

TooDee

Me and bf earn almost exactly the same but he moved into mine and he has a car to run (that gets me to work also) and I don't. I pay more of the rent but he pays for petrol and more of the food for the months so it probably averages out. We are planning on moving to our first home together sometime soon which will hopefully mean i'll be less reliant on him for lifts so then we will split things more 50/50.

I think its what feels comfortable for you. I could ask for more money off him but i'd then feel bad asking him for money when things get tight at the moment there is no feeling that anyone is taking the pee.

cazbear_2

found this intresting as my Bf and I are moving in together soon and I sugested the percentage thing but thinking about I would also say you live as a partnership so why should your money be as one and it be shared equaly me and Oh both work f/t but he earns considrably more so isnt it fair you budget with what you have and any money left should be equaled out why should one off you have loads left at the end of the month and the other have none