My boyfriend is shitting on every plan I have with our taxes. I want to keep everything in one bank…
My boyfriend is shitting on every plan I have with our taxes. I want to keep everything in one bank for our bills and get our own checking accounts and give ourselves an allowance every week. So we can save money for a house or whatever emergency we have. Instead, he wants to split taxes 50/50 and just pay the bills however. Keep in mind that he makes triple what I do and that clearly I can't pay as much as he can. So who's going to pay rent? Then he'll complain that it's unfair. That's not how you save money and not how you do things as a team. Ugh sometimes bad things need to happen for people to learn.
dawn·
I would file separate.
kailey smith·
Мама дочки (2 года)
We did file separate. We would put both of our refunds together and then split it 50/50. That's what he's saying
Stephanie·
Мама дочки (6 лет), беременна (40 нед.)
I say put so much in saving for the house then you guys can go half and half with the rest. Since he's fighting it, he may not give up. Mine makes more than me too and it's lame when we pay bills 50/50 but he's learned and now I get to pay less or none at all at times.
Michelle·
Мама сына (1 год), беременна (33 нед.)
@kailey why would you put it together then split it then? What he gets is his and you the same, the only thing i would split is the child tax credit thats that only thing you share.... then you guys split bills you pay half of the total amount and him the same.
kailey smith·
Мама дочки (2 года)
@b3autifulm3ss, if I pay half the bills I'll have like $20 for myself a month. I hardly make anything. I want to put all of our taxes and our work checks in one bank account. Then give ourselves like $150 a week. Probably less since we don't do anything ever. That way all of our bills would come out of the huge lump sum we have sitting. Instead he wants us to each have $5000 in our pockets and figure out who would pay what bill. That's stupid and makes no sense. I could pay bill until that money ran out because I'm taking out more than in putting in. While he would be golden. His checks for the most part equal our rent and I couldn't even pay my car insurance with one of my checks.
Michelle·
Мама сына (1 год), беременна (33 нед.)
Oh youre right then... hes being selfish I was talking only about the taxes... not paychecks... everything should be pooled into one account... so what i used to do (my choice) i would take half of my paycheck and put it into the joint account for bills, the other half was for whatever i wanted to do with it but thats ALL i was allowed to spend so if i wanted something bigger i had to save a couple weeks 1/2 checks to get what i wanted... my husband also did something similar (he would take about the same amount out of his checks to use) then put the rest in the account... then we would pay out monthly bills and then split that in half again to put it in savings.... its really not as complicated as it sounds
kailey smith·
Мама дочки (2 года)
I know. But he was like I'm tired of walking around with nothing in my pocket. He doesn't pay any of the bills. I know all the accounts and I make sure they get paid every month. He's just being selfish and wishes he was like his single friends that all still live with their parents. I'm going to do it his way and when we have no money again in 7 months I'll slap with a big ol'e I told you so
Monica·
My step brothers ex-wife was like that. Made way more than him but insisted on a 50/50 split. That's not how a relationship works! She was walking around buying designer handbags while he was scrambling to find money to fix his brakes.