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How much you make is irrelevant. It’s hard to ever truly “split evenly” but unless there is a big difference in hours, you should try to keep them pretty even but both should be willing to flex based on the week someone is having but it takes time to fall into that routine
Oh boy, either you'll figure it out or will have an ex-fiance soon. Good luck
You really can’t divide them up based on an hour a day of work difference. You DEFINITELY cannot break them up by money.
Challenge accepted. Will let you know if I’m on my way to divorce by next week.
Get a cleaner. Not worth endless arguments IMO
You guys should have discussed and agreed on this before moving in together and definitely before getting engaged. But now that you have moved in, you guys need to come up with some kind of agreement. What are you most fighting about- are you able to alternate? Example: he does cooking Monday and Wednesday, you do it Tuesday and Thursday or whatever. My bf and I split it up by room. He owns the kitchen, I own laundry and the bedrooms. We alternate cleaning the bathroom and living room every other week (we each clean one every week, and then each do the other following week)
Bottom line: make a list and start discussing and dividing
Anyone fighting me to not evenly split tasks and responsibilities? As we are partners? Bye.
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I’m with you on this. If you’re contributing to the household more financially, you get to take on fewer chores.
I have a professional come in every other week
It’s the best money I spend
Rotate the chores.
I mean, if you see something that needs doing you do it? What adult needs a chore roster?
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This is one of the reasons I have my views on living together before marriage. Pre-marital counseling is in my opinion a safe environment to discuss differences like this without making the commitment of marriage. However, seeing you are already in the living situation I’d say that while there’s no such thing as 50/50, there should be no leveraging either. Marriage is a race to outserve each other and that’s only possible when there is a true sense that both individuals come from a place where they’re giving their best efforts. So in your situation, if list all the chores and truly divide them up. If you absolutely hate one of the chores, negotiate but in a way that works for both of you. Communicate expectations, when things need be done by, why that’s important for you and how you’d feel if they’re not done. Give each other grace when things get tight. We all struggle at some point and a loving and understanding approach will go long ways in your relationship. If struggling become a pattern though, sit down and discuss the arrangement. All on this arrangement need to feel capable of honoring it. And this is very important part: you both need to be the one moving this arrangement. You are two adults, capable of functioning, communicating and finding solutions. When it becomes a single person effort to make things known, to find solution, to bring up challenges, it becomes a parenting relationship rather than a partnership and believe me, you don’t want to be his mother.