Wife makes more money than husband, who else??

Heather,

I make more then my FH and after I get out of school then I will make a lot more then he does now. I dont know if we split at all right now or not I just take both our checks pay bills and then give him some to and I take some of what is left over and we do what we need to do. But we also are saving alot as well.. So that is how it is done in my house. I dont mind how it is going right now and I dont think I will in the future either. (My last marriage I was controlled by money. If I wanted or needed something for my kids I had to do what my ex wanted me to. OR the kids went without). My family doesn't like that I make more then he does. But to me that is thier problem. They dont live with him I do.. And I have never been more happier in my life.

I would say split them 50/50, unless it is financially impossible for FH to pay half of the bills, in which case I would say the distribution should be prorated based on income.

FH makes about twice what I do, and we each currently pay about half of household bills, but most of his extra income is going into savings for the wedding (mine is used to pay down loans and credit card debt), so ultimately most of our income is being used for stuff that benefits both of us, so it wouldn't really matter how we divide it.

I made quite a bit more than my ex. We combined everything and paid bills out of one account.

If you want to split money, figuring it in terms of percentages is probably more "fair."

I make more than FH and we worked out a distribution that is fair as 50/50 would not work in our case. He pays for all utilities and groceries, I pay mortgage and a few other bills. When he can pay for more he does and it's worked for us. Hope this helps.

I'm make significantly more than my FH. I pay the mortgage and he pays everything else. It works for us. Splitting it 50/50 I don't think would work well. He would always be broke and you would have more money to splurge

I make more than FH right now, since he's in grad school and doing research. But he will make significantly more than me once he has a "real" job. We combined all of our money and bank accounts when we moved in together. We pay the bills out of one account. It hasn't been an issue that I make more than him, because we consider that all of the money we each make is "our" money, not "my" money and "his" money. I think there is less conflict that way.

I make less than my FH but I have several friends who make more than their husbands. From my observations and conversations those who do bills on a percentage reflective of their incomes instead of 50/50 are more happy. Those who enforce the 50/50 rule are either divorced or constantly arguing about money and/or time with each other (because the guy is having to work side jobs to meet his 50/50 and have some change left for himself).

One thing you could do is have him pay utilities and what not, and allocate the rest of the liquid income on his part to build an emergency fund. That way his contribution counts since it's going towards something that you will both eventually need, and you still get help with a few annoying bills.

I make a significant amount more than my FH. My money pays all of our bills and his money is our "rainy day" money which usually goes to our family trips in GA.

I make more but at one point he made more... I asked the same question recently and the person I asked said this, "Are you looking for a roommate or life long partner in your husband?" After that, I've thought, why would any married couple go about 'splitting' bills. We now just put everything together and pay bills from one account, so neither of us really knows how we end up 'splitting' our money!

Fh makes 3 times what I do. We don't split anything really. Whoever has the money when the bill comes pays it. Between us we end up with the same left over so we don't look at it like that. He pays major bills and I cover the electric water, food and my gas along with most of my sons needs. That way we both have spending money. But if electricity is due and I haven't got paid yet, he pays it. There's not a line drawn as to a percentage.

I make a little more than him...not much like 1K more. Anywhoo, we put it all in one acct and pay from that.

At first we were doing 50/50 and i was getting bothered by that because some bills vary from month to month and it always felt weird okay...this month it's xyz for the electric bill. I got tired of nit picking.

I don't make double, but do make quite a bit more. I guess you would call it splitting 50/50, but really it's just what's mine is ours (including my debt...student loans), and what's his is ours.

I make 2x more then FH. But we have had one account sine we moved in together 6 years ago that all of our bills come out of. So it doesnt really feel like i make more because we see it as "our" money.

We actually make about the same, but I guess FH makes just a little more. Quite frankly though, if we can get married and combine two lives into one, then we better be able to combine two incomes into one as well.

I make more. We're currently splitting all the utilities and groceries 50/50, but I pay more of our rent right now - I pay about 65% of rent.

A 50/50 split would not be fair since you make more. The best way to split bills would be by percentages if you won't be putting all your take home pay in one account

I make more than FH we split the rent half and half; he pays utilities, cable etc and I buy all the food and necessities for the house including anything our 3 kids need like clothes etc. We each pay our own car and car insurance and our own credit card bills. It works perfect for us.