Help with math please ;)

[Ihavehadenoughalready]

Ok, tell me I’m not crazy here.

Husband and I are separated and discussing school expenses through iMessage.

We have, let’s say 450 in school fees, 123 spent today on school supplies (and we’re not done buying) plus a lunch account that needs to be jointly funded. We are to contribute 50/50 towards child expenses.

He says he will pay half the school fees (225) plus half the supplies (60) plus an extra 15 to make it an even 300. He will put the 300 in the lunch account, and seems to believe that this covers his half of th school fees.

He then says I can then pay the 450 school fee plus half the supplies, and it’s all good.

I say 450 + 123 + 300= 873, and that 873/2= 436.50 a piece.

I repeatedly try to show him that paying into the lunch account does not count towards school fees, that I will end up paying 510 to his 300.

He does not understand this.

Tell me I have this correct.

Tell me he has issues with math.

I’m also thinking maybe this is how he got into such a gambling mess, because he doesn’t understand math?

Make an estimate for lunches add it to the 450 and the 123 then split that total between you.
Surely he can't argue with that?

If it suits you both that he pays his half onto the lunch account fine.

It's confusing because you haven't actually stated how much lunch is a month.

titchy it’s not a set fee, it’s whatever the kids end up spending on cafeteria food. We put into it as we see the funds getting low.

I’m gonna just go with i’ll tell him how much he owes and stop trying to explain it to him.

(Because I know i’m right, lol)

It could be that half of the $450 equals $225 and half of the $123 is 61.50. So $225 + 61.50 = 286.50 and by going to $300 and put it in lunches, then you wouldn’t be paying for lunches for awhile. You should maybe have a funded account together to make payments for those kind of payments.

mummmy2017

Here ex.
School fees plus extras come to... 450+123... 563.…
Half is. 281.5
300-281.5 =. 19.50
So. He paid £19.50 of lunch money...
So just call school, tell them ex is a tit, he paid him a half into wrong account
Then get his to put more effort into account when £39.....of food is used...

Just tell him responsibility has all been transferred to him as you are struggling too much with the maths.

Tell him you will give him 300 (as that's what he has reliably told you is half). But minus the 123 you've already spent, so make that you'll give him 177.

He'll soon work it out right

Oh wow... He failed at logic. He did the maths, but then added a whole new expense to split by paying his share into the lunch account. That's paid nothing off what he owes when it wasn't what the bill was for.
I don't envy you those conversations monthly...

LOL. Sounds a bit like both are a bit off, now that me thinks of it.

Didn't see you were separated, please ignore me.