[jsumrall]

I’m curious about how many people use each method. The 50/50 split seemed like the clear choice for me. Can anyone share their reasons for doing the proportional split? My expenses are things where we both agree about it and decide on our own about if we could individually budget it. Certain things that are more “for” someone become proportional, but those are always one-off purchases.

[dddw]

I was jotting this out on paper this week actually. Especially the 'based on income' divide is quite usefull. My significant other is studying and hasn't enough income currently to reach the 50-50 split. This is pretty nice, and will definitly give it a apin!

[mattsears]

I make way more money than my partner and doing a 50/50 split would be really hard for them to swing each month.

[true_religion]

You could always just live to the standard of the least income, and save money. It's what I do and has proved to be great since no matter whom is working, the finances are covered.

[hursey013]

I would love to do this, but in areas with a high cost of living it's not always possible.

[hursey013]

As others have mentioned, we use the income based split because of disproportionate salaries. It lets us know that we are both chipping in for household expenses while still having some money leftover in our own accounts for personal spending.