Finances

We split the household bills but we’ve always done it based on what percentage our salary equates to in relation to our total household income. So so example if our combined salaries were £100,000, he earned £70,000 a year and I earned £30,000 a year then he’d pay 70% of the household bills and I’d pay 30% in a bid to keep things affordable for both of us. We’ve always done it like this so sometimes I’ve earnt more and paid more than him and at other times it’s swapped, but it’s always felt like the fairest way for us.

Same as above. My partner earns way more than me so pays for most things

We do same as above, he puts in 65% and me 35%. This is purely house bills. We each pay for our own cars & fuel etc. Then we split nursery 50/50 which is just what works for us x

We have all the bills come out of our joint account. We both keep the same amount of money a month out of our pay for our personal spends and put the rest into the joint account, regardless of our pay. For example when I was on maternity and had zero pay some months I would either take money from the joint account if needed or we’d both not keep anything that month. Most of our spending comes from the joint account. We aren’t big spenders but if we did want to buy something ‘selfish’ there’s no resentment as it’s from our own ‘pots’ and we should roughly have the same. We find this works best for us. I’m about to go on maternity leave again and hoping to go part time when I return. Me going part time saves money on nursery, we both feel I shouldn’t have less spending money because of it , even though I’m usually in work or with my son so my bank statement is just lunches / parking tickets 😅 xx

We pay household bills etc 50/50 even though he earns almost double what I get a month now. I’m left with not much. He will pay most of the food through the month & he pays for our family car himself. I’m pregnant again and we’re getting married in January and he’s told me he wants to merge incomes going forward. Basically just pay off all the bills and what’s left from both our wages is both ours to spend type thing x

I just contribute what I can and some months it's nothing. It's the sacrifice we've had to make to have babes so he needs to carry the weight for now. We're both actively trying for better paid positions and more flexibility to help but until then we just survive. We've always blended incomes, there's no mine and your money, it's all now our money and we just do what we can. So shops tend to be on mine, but again not always it's just however we can make it work tbh xx

We just share all our money, bills are paid but we are both financially on the same page (ie. What’s classed as a waste) but I know this doesn’t work for many. Could be something you could try, or work out what you need and ask if you can pay £x amount less and him x amount more to make things more comfortable x

I’ve recently had a conversation with my partner because we were each putting the same amount in our joint account but i was left a lot worse off in my personal account compared to him. I’m currently on maternity leave again so he is covering the majority of the bills and I put what I can afford after my own expenses. After I go back to work, we are going to agree a percentage of our income to put in the joint so that it becomes a bit more fair

We share all our money.

I'm the highest earner. We pay 50/50 of all joint bills but I pay for our car. We give ourselves the same amount to spend on ourselves each month and then what's left (for him a little and for me more) we put into savings. I've offered to pay more bills wise as the higher earner but he prefers to contribute 50/50. It means I end up paying for most extras like holidays, house repairs, things for baby etc. We prefer it this way