Timeline for Moving in together while both of us own an apartment
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| May 20, 2015 at 7:04 | comment | added | jwg | @Anders what is the definition of fair? My wife and I consider it fair that we both have exactly the same amount of 'pocket money', after we have pooled all our money, and paid all the expenses from the joint account. | |
| May 19, 2015 at 21:57 | comment | added | Dan C | +1, if you are moving in together you obviously see the potential for a long term relationship. There will be times in your lives that one of you is making more money than the other, and that balance may change quite a few times. As long as one of you isn't totally mooching off the other, a 50/50 split, while not technically the most fair distribution, is the best. | |
| May 19, 2015 at 19:54 | comment | added | Pseudonym | I actually really like this answer, I currently "rent" a room to my girlfriend in my apartment and we keep it like that to help keep everything in a framework of mutual understanding, and if the split ends up being $400 my way and 384.34 her way (she "gets" less of the apartment and makes less than me) then I will usually just round to $375 for the month because it helps her out and brownie points, and in the end it is only ~$9 which isn't that significant compared to a 4 year relationship | |
| May 19, 2015 at 19:01 | comment | added | Anders | It is important for both that the solution is fair. | |
| May 19, 2015 at 17:59 | history | answered | David Rice | CC BY-SA 3.0 |