Aibu? - should I pay from savings

[Spaghettihead1]

Really need help to see if iabu - prepared to be told that I am.
I'm currently on 12months mat leave and coming up to the last 3 months where I will not have any income whatsoever.
Baby was planned and so started saving before prengnancy for 12 months of mortgage payments, Christmas presents, general bits and pieces and around £15 a week pocket money for me.

Both me and DP agreed that he would take on my share of the household bills only (minus mortgage and things needed for our 2dc) for these last 3 months of mat leave.
It has now come about, that because I have these savings, he's no longer willing to foot my half of the bills.
We keep our finances separate as I like to be financially independent and I've never come to him for money except for this circumstance.
Who's being unreasonable? Him or me?

In those circumstances, where it is clear the house is not his responsibility as it is in no part his, I can understand why he would be reluctant to pay for your share of the bills when you have the cash available to do so.

I can see why he would be reluctant to pay for the house but I cannot see why he would be reluctant to pay his fair share of costs for his child. If it wasn't for the child the op wouldn't be on unpaid maternity leave. That's ignoring the fact he said he would pay and is now reneging.

What does he contribute? Sounds like nothing much.

If you have a joint account, any signatory can clear it out completely

Not necessarily, at all. We have a joint current account that either one of us could clear out. But we also have a joint savings account that needs both signatures to make a withdrawal over a certain fairly low amount.
There are lots of ways to do things.

So you want it all your own way, the house to remain yours not shared but he should share his salary to cover bills in a house he doesn't own so that you get to keep your savings?

Yes, her house should stay hers (because it is hers and she paid for all of it) and his salary should cover his OWN BILLS and pay towards his child.

What a shocking idea, he pays his own way and for his own child?

I’ve never understood separate finances when married with a family. Must get tricky.

They aren't married.

if you were to get divorced after a long marriage the assets including the house would be split 50/50 anyway.

I’ve never understood separate finances when married with a family. Must get tricky.

You usually just have a shared account where you each put an agreed amount of money each month and use that to pay any bills you consider to be 'joint'.

I don't think many couples will have completely separate finances.