We also have a huge discrepancy here, even bigger than yours. I probably net 3 times as much as she does. We budgeted accordingly. I put more than 5 times what she puts in the joint account, but we still have 50% ownership of the house on paper.
I still have more left for discretionary spending, but it's not that much. She still has way more discretionary money than she would have if we weren't a couple since her contribution to the joint account is fairly small.
We live a fairly frugal lifestyle so we're both comfortable with that.
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Reply to comment by adunk9 in LPT: Maintain separate bank accounts when you get married by The_Stein244
We also have a huge discrepancy here, even bigger than yours. I probably net 3 times as much as she does. We budgeted accordingly. I put more than 5 times what she puts in the joint account, but we still have 50% ownership of the house on paper.
I still have more left for discretionary spending, but it's not that much. She still has way more discretionary money than she would have if we weren't a couple since her contribution to the joint account is fairly small.
We live a fairly frugal lifestyle so we're both comfortable with that.