Big pay difference with husband and I

Me and my boyfriend split the bills but share funds after so it doesn’t really matter either way but I make double the amount my bf makes

my husband would still be paying all the bills lol. his choice and i’m not complaining either

Yall are one after getting married so YALL pay the bills ? If yall are keeping things separate then you pay most since you make more. 80/20

Most of both of our paychecks except 10% would be getting pooled into the same account to pay bills so it wouldn’t really matter but by that logic I’d probably be doing 80/20.

I would say pay them all or do a 80/20 split. And that’s regardless of gender. It’s just math and wanting your family to succeed imo.

There’s no splitting when you’re married. It’s both your money. It goes into a joint account. That’s what any advisor will tell you and that’s how it works the best. We’ve gotta give up the “mine” and “theirs” after we vow to be one team. “My” car in my name is just as much my husband’s. Yes we still have our own accounts but we don’t really need them. We both put our checks into the joint and bills come out of it.

Me and my husband have always paid proportionately. When we earned the same we paid the bills 50/50, when I was on maternity pay it was more like 80/20 and so on. That would be exactly the same if I earned more than him. I’m a feminist, I want equality not special treatment.

Even if I made more my husband would be responsible for paying 100% of the bills anything I make is bonus but not responsible for Daily life

Same as Madison above, we have always split bills 50/50 and then everything else is shared so doesn’t make a difference how much/different we earn. I do admit it’s become a little easier now we both earn similar but there have been times I’ve earnt a lot less but that was never noticed as we are a family, everything is both of ours x

I don't really understand why married couples split things 50/50. If you both work, regardless of salary, you both contribute into the same pot? You both live in the same place, eat the same food, use the same electricity ect.... Why do you both not contribute to the same pot and everything comes out of it?

I guess i just view it as you are a team and you both work to pay the bills, raise the kids ect.... Why does it need to be divided specifically based on income?

I agree 50/50 is never actually 50/50

We don’t do 50/50, my husband pays most of the bills and I pay for most of the things for the kids. I earn slightly more than him but in our religion the man has to pay for everything and whatever the woman earns is hers. There’s nothing for others to understand about it except for that every couple does things differently and there’s not a right or wrong way.

As a husband and wife we have very different roles and contribute different things to the family home

I don’t get how people live like this probably because me and my partner have had a joint account since we was 21 😅 he earns more than me but everything goes into our joint account and we just use from there.. what’s his is mine what mine is his.. we spend / get what we want when we want but always put a chunk aside each month into savings xxx

I earn significantly more than my husband. All our money goes into one account. It’s our money not mine and his

To me 50/50 input means you're both left with roughly the same amount of money at the end of the month. There's no point paying half the bills each if 1 person has to live off £100 for the rest of the month while the other person has £800. Unless they're literally paying for everything else for the lower earner including social activities. A partnership should be fair.

I wouldn’t mind paying most or all of the bills however he’s old school so despite the pay gap, he pay for mainly everything because he says I’m better at saving so that’s what I do. God willing we’ll have a home soon and it allowed me to save up as much as I have for this new journey we are on. Every relationship is different.

Idgaf how much money I make I am never paying these bills lmao idgaf unless he gets hurt or sick he got it 😂🥱

All money is shared money in my marriage. We have a joint account and all money goes there so when bills are paid it comes from there.

My husband is horrible with money and at the moment, I would not let him have access to what I make. We do have a joint account for the bills and I just wanted to see what ppl thought was a fair amount. I am also the only one saving for our household

Both our paychecks go into our joint account. We use the same credit card for everything to consolidate and get points. I manage the finances since my husband can’t pay attention to paying bills but we pay everything through our joint accounts. There isn’t a separation.

Keep doing what you’re doing. You pay more bills, and don’t let him access your money

In my opinion when you are married it's BOTH of your guy's money. I'm not married and I'm a stay at home mom but my boyfriend works and takes care of our household financially but the money is considered ours. I never have to ask him to buy things for our kid/s (I have another son from a previous relationship) or for myself or our household and even when I was working we shared all of the money and split everything. I believe that's what works best financially for us and to be able to have a healthy relationship with money and budgeting etc.

We don’t split it in any sort of way. I pay all the utilities and he pays everything else.

I definitely understand that every household is different but 9 times out of 10 if the woman makes significantly more, they are splitting bills some kind of way.. with or without a joint account