Not so sure about this my money her money thing. Got mates who've had real strife because of this sort of thing.
When me and Mrs PC met she worked in a bank on £6K a year. I worked in IT on more than double. If we'd split the bills down the middle then she'd have had zero left and I would have been minted each month. Didn't seem fair. I'm not a bread head person so I just looked after the money, chucked it all in together, and she went with the flow.
Now of course, the gap is bigger. With kids, she works part-time. What do those of you with kids do - expect partner to still pay their half? I know a mate who tried this and his mrs said fair enough then you need to pay your half of me doing childcare. Bad idea - wont ever work IMHO.
So with us all the money goes into one pot. My mrs takes no interest whatsoever which I've always found weird. Tried over the years to get her to take an interest but no. Shes happy to not spend, let me sort it all out, and to basically ask me if we can afford something. Shes pretty good mostly.
Will buy crap constantly but won't rock up one day having spent £hundreds on something.
Still can't believe this £100 week thing though. Our spend every month is over £3K. Can't go back permie now I wouldnt earn enough lol.
When me and Mrs PC met she worked in a bank on £6K a year. I worked in IT on more than double. If we'd split the bills down the middle then she'd have had zero left and I would have been minted each month. Didn't seem fair. I'm not a bread head person so I just looked after the money, chucked it all in together, and she went with the flow.
Now of course, the gap is bigger. With kids, she works part-time. What do those of you with kids do - expect partner to still pay their half? I know a mate who tried this and his mrs said fair enough then you need to pay your half of me doing childcare. Bad idea - wont ever work IMHO.
So with us all the money goes into one pot. My mrs takes no interest whatsoever which I've always found weird. Tried over the years to get her to take an interest but no. Shes happy to not spend, let me sort it all out, and to basically ask me if we can afford something. Shes pretty good mostly.
Will buy crap constantly but won't rock up one day having spent £hundreds on something.
Still can't believe this £100 week thing though. Our spend every month is over £3K. Can't go back permie now I wouldnt earn enough lol.
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