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Originally Posted by ricky409
i gotta know...
how DO you handle finances in a marriage, though?
i mean... you can say "split it up"...
but what if i make 100 and she makes 60?
should she have to pay a larger % of her bread just to keep up w/ me?
what if its a % of the checks...
like this..
"babe... we each put %65 of our checks into the main account... use that to pay all the joint bills like mortgage, electric, insurance for the whips, food for the house, cell phones, and things for the children (everything that has BOTH our hands and names on it)
we will each have a card to that account... whatever we dont spend in that month, will just be moved to a savings account
now, with the other %35, you do what you want... your car note, gym memberships, your gas, when you eat without me, when you buy things for yourself"
what yall think? i just threw some random numbers out
Yep, this works too. Heres the thing, finances are a sticky point for a lot of couples that share incomes. There is no hard and fast rule for approaching the issue. Each couple has to figure out what works for them. And no one says you have to stick to that formula. You can try different things to see which works the best and nothing is static, if situations change you can change how to go about paying the bills and savings.