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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]All major expenses split according to income relatively (approx.), about 65-35.

After all parents were gone, after inheriting it’s about2:1, the spouse w the greater bankn(separate property, inherited), pays nearly 100% of jointcexpnses now.[/quote]

P.s. a wise law school professor told the women in my class to be sure to look out for their legitimate separate property in considering how to handle, same for men.

So we have a joint pool contributed to proportionally based on income, the rest is separate but of course available to spend on each other and we do.[/quote]

I don't know how lawyers stay married with constant bean counting. [/quote]

My husband and I are both lawyers, and we have one big pot.  No bean counting here.  We've gone back and forth over who makes more than the other.  For the last several years, I've made more than 3x what he makes, and it still goes into the single pot.  We both bring our whole selves (and our whole incomes) to the family we've made between us, so one pot for makes sense.

Neither of us have inherited anything of note, but if we do, we'll keep that separate.  [/quote]

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