Just curious. I'm a SAHM to 2 kids, I get disability and DP works full time (but shift work) in a very good job. He earns far more than twice what I get a month.
For the sake of fairness we pretty much split everything bill wise 50/50. He works for his money and I have no problem with that at all. I do struggle a little though coz I have debts to pay off as well from the last house and am in overdraft almost permanently.
He's a good guy and would never let us go without food/gas if I was broke. But I do pay him back as soon as I get paid (leaving me just as broke straight away). He also pays for his car and petrol which I don't contribute to but still get driven in when he's around. Would you do the same with such a big income gap? Or would you expect DP to pay for a little more?
I think it's pretty fair at the moment but wondered how others tend to figure it out. It's not his fault I'm not working but I do look after the kids and do the housework.
I often panic if he wants something nice for the house because he can afford his half with ease and I'd have to save up for mine or go in further debt. Usually I say if we don't need it and he wants it then it's up to him (like the huge TV I wasn't fussed about) but I won't go halves, is that wrong in your opinion? I still use it at the end of the day but wouldn't care if it was never there.