I'm sure his is a topic that's been done to death here but....how do you split your finances with your partner?
Me and oh have been together 2 years, live together in my property. Both work full time but he earns around five times more than me. Currently we are pretty much splitting rent, household costs and shopping down the middle although I'd say I probably pay a bit more on shopping because I get all the practical bits like toilet roll and cleaning supplies that he doesn't even think about!
But when it comes to additional costs like days out, cars, holidays and so on he will pay for that. Recently had a new bathroom installed and he paid for that.
Does this seem fair? I am in no way ungrateful but I'm struggling a lot with paying half of the monthly costs because bills and food have gone up since he moved in. He also has a lot of disposable income for things he wants...recently got himself a new car which he didn't really need and is always buying new clothes and so on whereas I have basically nothing left at the end of the month for things like this. We have no joint bank accounts, no particular reason, just something we've never sorted.
Sometimes it doesn't really feel fair but then I don't like to complain because he has paid a lot out for joint things like the bathroom and our family summer holiday. How do you work these things?