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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My DH makes about 20x what I make.  I came to the marriage with some assets, him with debt.  But as you can see his career has been much more lucrative.  For 25 years we have contributed 50-50 to expenses of the household (keep incomes separate), except when I've been on unpaid maternity leave (he pays 100%).  I find I can really just barely afford my 50% of our our expenses on my income.

Does anybody else have this kind of arrangement?  Any sage advice for how to try to unwind it?  I know it is a bizarre situation, so please hold off on the judgmental comments if you can.[/quote]

We have a 3:1 ratio and for more than 20 yrs. have basically allocated household expenses proportionally.

Of course some a-hole presumptuous twit here ("Seacrest") decided she knew more about our lives than we did and accused us of having a soulless business relationship, which is complete & ignorant bullshit and crowed about how she hasn't paid a bill since she got married (how wonderful for her).

I think your arrangement is unfair and in fact, now that DW's raises are frozen (private company), even though mine are too (Fed) I have a lot more available resources due to investments & inheritance, and we don't even worry much about the split, I pretty much cover all major items (including an upcoming $xxx,xxx house renovation).

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