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Sharing finances equally

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  • Vickylll
    Vickylll Posts: 9 Forumite
    Eighth Anniversary First Post Combo Breaker
    Zanderman wrote: »

    doesn't make much sense to me. Divvying up your earnings the way you're doing isn't what I'd call equality in a relationship - more like fixing in inequality.

    Yes, it's not ideal. Just what we started doing when we first moved in together.
  • Hutchch0920
    Hutchch0920 Posts: 291 Forumite
    We split rent equally (which includes bills) and have roughly the same outgoings in terms of phone and gym. OH pays £50 more for food than me because he eats loads. We then have the same pocket money, and everything else gets saved.

    The savings money is for a joint goal (deposit/travelling) and I earn about half as much again as OH.
    Save £12k in 2017 / Dec 2017 Travel Cash = £12,400 / £14,000 88.5%[/COLOR]

    House Deposit = £20,500 / £18,000:money:
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