Reality check, do the math with me
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And maybe still let party 1 grocery shop but main things should be split
Only if the party 2 is the child of party 1. Otherwise every expense should be split equally, so there are no hard fillings
We live off of one income mine bc it’s more and invest my husband income, 100% in our retirement account, a college fund and our emergency savings.
And I’m sure he still behaves as if he’s Head of Household. I’m so over men these days.
Not my husband, he does all the laundry all the cooking all the dishes and washes all the bottles and changes most diapers I make significantly more than him and that’s how we’ve always divided up.
@Kathy Curious, if you don't mind me asking, what do you do for work?
@Inna the household has 1 baby in common and a step child to party 2.
@J I’m in corporate sales
That math doesn’t work if Party 2 is supposed to be an adult. Major shared expenses should be split, including groceries. Party 2 eats those groceries, yes? They should be paying for them. The only exception I can think of is if Party 2 is handling the vast majority of child care and house chores in the house. Then there might need to be a more in-depth evaluation/negotiation. If not, Party 1 is straight up being taken advantage of.
I feel like things should be split