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<\/center><\/p>\nMy first thought, of course, is that there are roughly four couples out there making $10k per month and spending only $3k\/month, so the example is kind of flimsy in that regard. Numbers like that just ain’t happening for Joe and Jane Sixpack. Still, I recognize that it’s the math that matters.<\/p>\n
I’m all for fairness in relationships and finances, and Suze’s idea makes sense to me: Pay the bills in the same percentage that the household income is split. Still, I can already hear the uproar from the “But we’re married, and we’re ONE now!” crowd. “What’s hers is mine, and what’s mine is hers! The only percentage that matters is the one we’re paying on our Discover card!”<\/p>\n
And they have a valid case. Really, I think Suze’s point was meant more for non-married couples, but she wasn’t really clear on this. My advice, in any case, would be this:<\/p>\n
Just do what works.<\/p>\n
And if what you’re doing isn’t working, change it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
“How should we split the bills?” Suze says (on the Suze Orman Show which aired 2007\/01\/13) this is the most common question she gets from couples. (I’d have thought she’d hear “Should we have separate accounts, or joint?” more, but what do I know.) For most folks, the default answer to the bill-splitting quandary is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[65,20,21],"tags":[8,9,15],"class_list":["post-368","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-budgeting","category-gurus","category-suze","tag-budgeting","tag-spending","tag-suze-orman"],"yoast_head":"\n