Katharina Buczek
After hearing that his fiancée might not be able to pay off her personal credit card in full this month, though, he became pretty stressed out.
He also pointed out how he uses the extra money from his own income to pay for nice couple outings, such as vacations. Plus, for the past two years, he has been using most of his extra income to pay down their mortgage– which should be fully paid off by the spring.
“I have also gone on a few vacations by myself, so I do not want to make it sound like I’m not also using the extra income for any fun,” he revealed.
Still, he claims that his main goal is to pay off the mortgage so it would make both his and his fiancée’s lives easier by lowering their overall monthly bills. On top of that, he apparently plans to take on all of their home’s taxes after the mortgage is paid off so that way, his fiancée will only have to pay for utilities.
Ever since hearing his fiancée complain about her share of the bills, though, he has gotten pretty worried about her money management habits. He believes that his fiancée makes enough of a salary to outline a reasonable budget and stick to it.
“And being financially responsible is a very important thing to me. But I have tried to talk to her about it repeatedly about this, and it always devolves into a fight about how I am not in her position and how I have money to do whatever,” he vented.
So now, he has been left wondering if expecting his fiancée to “be able to pay basic bills” is reasonable or if that makes him a jerk.
Do you believe that partners should split bills evenly or based on a percentage proportionate to their incomes? Do you think his fiancé’s concerns about her low bank account balance are reasonable or not? If you were in his shoes, how would you reconcile this situation?
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