Heather,

About the money ...

I personally think it is ridiculous that he is trying to do this proportional bill paying thing. That smacks of a lack of committment to your M. But my feelings don't really matter. I think you should state the following boundary (or something like it).

I feel that as a married couple that intends to stay married indefinitely, all accounts and expenditures should be shared. Therefore, I feel that we should set a date at which we drop the separate accounts, separate bill-paying, and stop keeping a running track of separate expenditures. If you want (and this is the responsible thing to do) we can set up a joint budget in which we map out planned expenditures given the combined total of our budgets.

I don't know if that is truly a boundary, but I think it is an appropriate step to take for couples that want to be together.

Chrome


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