JK and I don't discuss our money.
I know how much he earns, his ballpark networth and how much is expenses are on average. He has the same kind of idea about my financial situation. We didn't discuss this when we started dating. It's information we already had about each other because we had a long-standing close friendship before the romancing began :).
Bottom line is, he earns approximately twice as much as I do, has no debt but has larger monthly outgoings and saves about 1.75 times what I do. As we don't discuss our money (at this point in time), we have no patterns about who pays for what when we go out. To be honest, he pays a lot of the time but I handle all fuel-related expenses and I fill his fridge with homecooked meals.
JK's philosophy is simple: don't buy it if it hurts your finances. It always has been and it probably always will be. Our financial setup works for us at this time but, if we start to do things that require serious money, we may need to address the subject and I don't know how the awkwardness can be avoided.
So, I've got to know, do you discuss finances and/or set limits when you are in a relationship? If you do, how has doing so worked for you in practice?
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
My Money and Romance
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we don't talk numbers but I know how much he makes, and generally how much he spends/earns.. I just know he has tons more than me lol
Lol. Cool. It seems that something short of full disclosure works just as well.
People always say you need to know exact numbers all the time.
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