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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don't have separate finances, but the thing that seems fair if you do is each contributing the same percentage of income to a joint account from which all family bills get paid.  Even still, that will mean that the lower wage earner, in your case you because you mommy tracked, has less income to save or spend for fun.  GL OP.  [/quote]

This is what we do. We have 3 accounts. We each contribute about 60% to the joint house account and that coves all the joint bills like mortgage utilities, etc. the rest goes into our own personal accounts which covers our own costs and includes our cell phones, credit cards, clothes shopping .  we make about the same so it works out. We have one house credit card we use for groceries and to pay for when we go out to dinner etc. but we didn't always.  When I made more than he, we didn't have that household cc and I would usually cover dinners out or things like that.  But it's better the way we now do it.

I also agree wih the pp that suggested counseling because there's a bigger issue here than money.

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