On: Combining finances

[skrebbel]

This is what my SO and me have been doing for 8 ish years now and it's great. We call it "pocket money". I can't complain when she spends it all on shoes and bags, she can't complain when I spend it all on beer and hamburgers.

When we were poor, we both only got a little pocket money each month. Now that we're richer, we both get more. I buy hotel breakfasts now sometimes (the buffet ones), on normal work days, in my home town. It's terribly decadent but hey, it's my money. Other people buy iPhones. I have nobody to answer to but me. It's lovely.

I warmly recommend pocket money.

[duxup → skrebbel]

>I buy hotel breakfasts now sometimes (the buffet ones), on normal work days, in my home town.

Where do you find the time to clean all your monocles?

[skrebbel → duxup]

I usually ask the maid to do it.

[kevin_thibedeau → skrebbel]

You need to upgrade to a valet.

[blts → skrebbel]

Does it lead to overspending? Since you have your pocket money - then you need to spend it?

[shostack → blts]

If budgeted for properly, this should in their reduce overspending because the amount you can freely spend is one you've previously accounted for as "an appropriate amount."

[Cerium → blts]

My wife and I use the same system, and I would say no. We both tend to save ours and then spend more some months than others.

[skrebbel → blts]

I think I get too little of it for that :-)

[lupire → skrebbel]

What happens if you spend your pocket money on end-of-life care, and then your SO wants some too?

[loco5niner → lupire]

End-of-life care has nothing to do with pocket money.