Hi folks - apologies if this is in the wrong part of the forum, I’m just after some thoughts/peoples experiences.
I’m due to go on mat leave shortly and will be taking 12 months off with £900 per month of mat pay (half of my normal pay).
My partner earns enough to cover all the household costs - mortgage, bills, food, car etc and still have about £800 of savings after (not including meals out, treats etc which would be deducted from this £800).
We haven’t spoken yet about if I will contribute anything to household costs with my mat pay. I know he would be okay with paying for all costs as I’d be at home with the baby, so I’m thinking perhaps I will pay for all the baby costs, perhaps the council tax (£230 a month) and family days out, petrol for my car etc. I would like to save £200 a month and am assuming I’ll do the housework and chores, which I’m okay with.
At the moment he earns more than I do (his take home is about (£2.8k) , so we both contribute a set amount into our joint account. I currently do a lot of housework but he’s been doing our house up so I’ve cut him some slack with this.
Does the above proposal look unreasonable to you or should I be contributing more of my mat pay? I’m not expecting to be saving hundreds on mat leave and am expecting to have to tighten my belt, but I don’t want to be penniless or reliant on him for money to do things.
At the same time I don’t want him to have to pay for everything, although I know he’d be okay with it.
This is our first baby so I’d be grateful for any thoughts. Thanks xx