Should I split the bills by proportion?

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My partner and I are both in full-time employment.

However, I've recently received a pay rise - meaning that I will be earning just over £5K more than her.

We're currently renting as we're still saving up for a mortgage.

At the moment, we split our bills (elec, tv, broadband, etc) 50/50. However I've been thinking that it might be fair if I split it by proportion?
 
I guess its entierly up to you and your girlfriend. Personally, I'd like to try and keep it 50/50. In marriage, I'd be more inclined to split proportionally.
 
Nope, 50/50. It'd be fair if you used more phone/internet/gas/electricity than she did, but you should pay for what you use. Plus, there's always the risk of offending her by offering to cover more of her share, since she's so poor and all.
 
its relative. If you are on 70k and she's on 70k then no. If you are on 15k and she is on 10k then yes.

Also what does she think? What are your travel costs compared to hers? do you use the services you pay for more or less than her?

Wife and I pay 50/50 on everything and there is about 3k difference between our wages but she then gets a lot of money for using the car.
 
knowlton said:
My partner and I are both in full-time employment.

However, I've recently received a pay rise - meaning that I will be earning just over £5K more than her.

We're currently renting as we're still saving up for a mortgage.

At the moment, we split our bills (elec, tv, broadband, etc) 50/50. However I've been thinking that it might be fair if I split it by proportion?
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Speak to her about it because you clearly haven't.
 
With a similar disparity (£26k -> £19k) we split the bills 50/50 (for the household bills), I tend to pay for 90% of the food bills and pay everything for my car though.
 
My partner and I just have our wages go into a joint account, there is no my money and her money, I couldn't stand living that way. Constantly adding up who paid what and then if we ant to go out can we both afford it.

If you've been together a while just bite the bullet and merge, it makes life easier. And of all the things in a relationship to worry over, money is the worst.
 
We just have a join account that we put money into to cover bills/have a bit over - it was 50/50 but my other had went down to 4 days a week so she puts in slightly less now.

Basher said:
I just put it all in one pot. I earn about £40k more than shes does but it all seems to work out.
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Blimey, you seem to love hinting how much you earn in every thread possible don't you. :p
 
My partner and I both put an agreed percentage of our salary into a joint account. All "joint" bills (gas/elec/water/shopping/etc) are paid for from this account. Any individual costs (her travel card/my car expenses/etc) are paid for out of our individual accounts.

In my opinion this is pretty fair. Dealing with the percentages means that if one person earns less than they pay less into the joint account, but then they still have less money left in their joint account to go "treating" themselves with. If it worked out that one person was paying less yet still going out spending more on themselves it would not work (or be fair) but as it is, everything seems to sit nicely.
 
I don't think my wife and I have ever split the bills 50:50. Originally because I funded her through her second degree, and she had no money. These days I pay the majority of the bills (exception being the TV licence) and she buys all the food. I think its important to have your own money in a relationship, it allows me to buy gadgets and her to buy clothes without any guilt, or consultation. We worked out the bill split as it leaves us with around the same amount of disposable income.
 
I'd probably do it 50/50 until one side starts earning significantly more than the other... then think about the balance.

By significantly.... meaning 40 - 50%....
 
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