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Is he petty or do i take the p?

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Petpett · 16/08/2022 16:22

Long term relationship, rent together, kids, everything split 50/50. He earns more.

My DP seems to keep track of any money i've borrowed from him and i don't know if that's petty or if i'm taking the piss not paying it back immediately. I'm not talking big amounts of cash, it's purely when im taking the kids out somewhere that i think you may not be able to pay card or a couple quid for parking ill ask if he has any cash to save time on going to cash machine as im terrible for keeping any on me (not an issue with my spending etc i just don't visit the cash machine often thats all) this is not something that happens all the time either but he will remind me i haven't paid back a tenner or use it in an argument sometimes e.g. if im complaining about something he hasn't done round the house (he hardly lifts a finger) then he'll say well you haven't paid me back. I have no issue whatsoever with paying him back i just have a brain like a sieve.

It works both ways, the other day he took all the change i had i think about £4 to buy a drink but i don't expect it back and will never ask him for it. If i have money on me i'm happy to give him some if he asks.

How does everybody else's relationships work, am i being unreasonable to ask for money from him?

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TheWayoftheLeaf · 17/08/2022 17:59

Also if he wants you to pay 50% he needs to do 50% of the childcare and cleaning etc.

Otherwise it's 70/30 because you're doing more. Imagine all the money he's saving...

chilliesandspices · 17/08/2022 18:10

He's taking the p. DH and I keep our money separate (my choice) and don't have children. He earns more than me so he pays 65% of the bills and I pay 35%. We have a joint account for food and entertainment but every once in a while he'll decide to pay for a dinner out or entertainment from his own card as a treat. We borrow small amounts from each other and don't ask for it back. We both use a budgeting app so know exactly how much we've given each other, down to the penny, but it just seems too weird to ask for paying back.

seven201 · 17/08/2022 19:53

Yanbu. You need a proper chat. Most couples in your situation would just get a joint account and call it family money. He doesn't sound like a team player at all. He sounds like a selfish waste of space, thinking anything family related is beneath him.

Petpett · 18/08/2022 00:08

@TheWayoftheLeaf there is no way that would happen, I genuinely think he is proud of the fact he doesn't know how to use a washing machine for a start let alone anything else around the house.

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user1484512193 · 18/08/2022 00:10

What a tight man your partner is. Me and my husband don't see it as his money or my money we see it as our money. He earns significantly more than me as I work a job that fits around my children's school hours and we use all his wages on bills and rent and mine on stuff for the kids, days out etc. Works for us

GertrudePerkinsPaperyThing · 18/08/2022 00:47

WTAF?

How can you possible think such a relationship set up makes sense?

He earns a lot more than you but expects you to pay 50/50 for everything? You work part-time in order to care for joint children, but you still pay 50% of everything? He hardly lifts a finger around the house and yet you still pay 50% of everything?

Why on Earth does he think he gets the privilege of being completely free to work full time and therefore earn more, but he doesn’t need to contribute that extra money to the family? Whereas your earning power is curtailed by caring for the children, and doing everything around the house, but you have to contribute as much money as he does?

Does he have a nice lot tucked away in a savings account just for himself? Or does he live a completely different lifestyle to his partner and children?

Then to top it all, when you’re looking after your joint children, you have to pay for the privilege, but having to pay for everything you do on those days. And if you ask him for any money you have to pay it back?

This is ludicrous!

MrsTerryPratchett · 18/08/2022 00:58

Why on Earth does he think he gets the privilege of being completely free to work full time and therefore earn more, but he doesn’t need to contribute that extra money to the family? Whereas your earning power is curtailed by caring for the children, and doing everything around the house, but you have to contribute as much money as he does?

Exactly. Can't work a washing machine, doesn't support his family properly. OP, why are you putting up with this?

LannieDuck · 18/08/2022 19:02

Petpett · 18/08/2022 00:08

@TheWayoftheLeaf there is no way that would happen, I genuinely think he is proud of the fact he doesn't know how to use a washing machine for a start let alone anything else around the house.

In that case he needs to pay more of the bills.

Have you asked him why he thinks he doesn't needs to do half the housework?

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