Okay ladies here goes!
I have a family of 7... 12 week DD 4DS 6DS 8DS 1 fiancé & 1 dog. .
My weekly food shop amounts to 110-120 a week
My monthly water bill is £80 a month.. We are on a water meter and they won't lower or remove the meter, as the say we use this much.
Me and my fiancé are at war over it.. I use the family tax credits which is minimal 150 a week as we both have borderline income for the threshhold..
Partners income 1000 mark... My maternity 700 mark...
We split bills equally so in the end his take home is greater than mine.. but we pay everything including luxuries equally..
His argument is that is the family tax credits and should also be split evenly as Atm with me being at home I'm in charge of food and cooking so I'm in charge of the tax credits..
My argument is that actually that money is the family/childrens and I'm making sure everyone is fed.. I'll also buy his weekly put ups out of it which itself is £20.. He says I'm spending way too much and he would like to use some of that money on bus fairs for work.. neither of us drive.. (currently Learning another story)
What are your opinions on this? What are your weekly spends?
As for the water he argues I'm not doing enough to lower it... but I've told him if he didn't get three showers a day a water the lawn 5 days a week, we may be able to budget that more. Of course he states his showers aren't long... blah blah.. you get the drift.
I've phoned the water company countless times and they refuse to budge.
Thought please guys..