How should two married people split the bills if one makes twice the amount of the other?

set up a bank account for household expenses. work out how much you need for all your bills and share it accordingly. if you contribute 500 a month and he makes twice as much as you, he contributes 1000. if the house you own is owned outright, he shares the insurance and taxes and utilities on it as above. i cant believe you guys never discussed this before getting married!

add>>> read your response - sorry my mistake your post is confusing to me. so you and your hubby live in your own house together, but you have a relative living rent free in another house belonging to you only, not your spouse? or is your hubby paying towards that house too?

if hubby is contributing to the hous eyour relative is living in, then you have to take that into consideration, and it will even out at 50/50

splitting total expenses pro-rated to income ratio is done successfully by many ppl.

however, if you jointly own both houses and have to consider insurance and upkeep, you cant expect hubby to fork out to support your relative just because he makes more money than you.

i cant beleive how dumb some of these response are. its simple

you split the bills up like this

the person who makes more should take on a more obviously.

lets break ti down liek this

perhaps the person making more could pay household and and mortgage and car payments

and the pne making less could do property tax and insurance.

or you could add up the amoutn fo all the bills and split it two thirds and a third.

as for the family member thing, thats kinda stupid. i mean u cant even get liek 2 or 3 hundred a month off the books from them? if its a parent thats one thing but come on

Just ask the bread winner how much they can afford to put to the bills every month. If they are logical, they will opt in to pay at least 60-65%. then the other should agree to pay the remainder. But the one who pays less should take the responsibility to do more sweet and romantic things like the "just because I love you" type gifts. That way the one paying the most money will be happy to keep it going without feeling unappreciated for their contribution.

To my mind a marriage or de facto relationship is a partnership, meaning that resources are without prejudice pooled.

I certainly have never taken issue with partners that have less than me.

As to the business of the freeloading relative Im sure theres a good reason for your partners generosity, why would that be something for you to be hung up about.

To each their though eh.

Perhaps where this is going wrong is that communication hasnt been a factor, might be time to start.

you guys are married.. his stuff is hers and vice versa.

combine your money you are married, share whats your is his and whats his is yours.