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Is this money set up fair?

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DollarDollar · 07/07/2024 08:26

H has income of £2400 a month. I have income of £4300 a month. Both work full time. I do majority of childcare and all mental load. I wfh.

Our house outgoings are £3,500 (nursery, mortgage, bills, insurance etc). It did not used to be this much. Then there are clubs, kids clothes, one off things etc, Christmas, birthdays etc.

Everything listed above I pay for and manage.

He transfers £500 a month to me. And he does the food shops (£600). I have asked if he could transfer a bit more as doest seen fair.

He refuses to talk to me about it. Told me he's never got any money and he spends everything on us. And that £500 is absolutely fair enough. He gets v angry and insulting so we don't talk about it anymore but despite esrning decent wage - I have no money left at end of the month.

I know I need to sit down and work it out but he won't engage!

I feel like I'm being totally reasonable to ask for more money or at least have a conversation about it!

OP posts:
RandomMess · 07/07/2024 08:32

I suspect neither of you really believe how much the other is spending as will as it seeming like he is being selfish.

Summerbay23 · 07/07/2024 08:32

Agree with @RandomMess

paywalled · 07/07/2024 08:31

How is it that even when women are the higher earner and do all the childcare, they STILL get screwed over by men?!

RandomMess · 07/07/2024 08:31

Joint account and you each get the same amount of spending money in your individual accounts each month. Also an agreement of what comes out of your own accounts rather than the family expenditure in the joint account.

You can the review shared family expenditure together.

Once that is tackled you can discuss if the current work load is fair, do you get equal leisure time, is commuting time considered working hours? Do you each get a lunch break etc.

If he still refuses to engage what does that say about the state of your marriage?

Zanatdy · 07/07/2024 08:30

So he’s got half his salary left after bills, you clearly haven’t. It doesn’t seem like a very fair split to me

paywalled · 07/07/2024 08:29

YANBU. You both need to have the same amount of disposable income.

I would do an excel spreadsheet with all incoming and outgoing money.

And who pays for what.

And how much you have left. And how much he has left.

Put It in black and white.

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