I have a question that has been bothering me of late. If a man and a woman are living together, how much money should each of them put into the common expenses? I work and bring home approximately $3200 a month. My boyfriend is retired and has an income of approximately the same amount. I have no outstanding bills (car payment, credit cards, etc..). He has a car payment, boat payment and credit card payment every month.
He pays the rent of $1400 and I pay the phone, cable, water, electricity, my cell phone, his cell phone, groceries, gasoline to go to work (45 miles per day) and other incidental expenses. I also make payments on his credit card totaling about $700 a month.
He feels stressed because he feels that he is shouldering the bigger amount of the bills. I feel stressed because I feel that I have no savings and that all of the little bills add up to my whole take home pay.
What do other couples do? What is reasonable for a couple living together to do?
2007-03-08
01:36:28
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