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How to split finances?

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chocolatesaltyballs22 · 12/09/2021 14:42

Not sure whether this fits here....looking for some advice on splitting costs (no judgement on the fact that we have separate finances please).

Husband has two kids, one away at uni. His youngest is with us 3 days a week. I have one daughter who is about to go to uni. When his eldest was at home my husband paid 60% of food costs to reflect the fact that he has more than one child. We then moved to 50/50 when eldest went to uni. My question is whether I should ask him to move back to 60/40? It might also be relevant that I'm paying half of daughter's rent whilst at uni, whilst he's paying nothing for his son as he got max loans due to his mum's salary and her house being classed as his main residence. So money will be a bit tighter for me than it has been.

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LittleMysSister · 13/09/2021 15:55

Either way, you can obviously give your daughter whatever you want!!

I was just meaning, depending on your partner's mindset, he might not react positively to you asking for 60/40 again if the costs added by his child are minimal and they're not with you full-time but your daughter will be through the holidays.

Stripyhoglets · 13/09/2021 16:20

Can you not just say to H that you're struggling a bit with the rent you are paying to top her loan up as his income is taken into account. Any chance he could pay for a bit more if the food if possible?

Would your daughter get more loan if he didn't live there?

chocolatesaltyballs22 · 13/09/2021 16:33

Yeah I could put it that way @Stripyhoglets. She would get a bit more loan if he didn't live with us.

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