Should partners pay 50/50 on everything if they both do half of housework and childcare, but one of them earns more?

All money is just ours. All goes in and out the same account. Has nothing to do with housework and childcare.

50/50 on bills and then an agreed upon amount in savings. If I was earned more I'd potentially put a little more in savings x

For it to truly be fair and equal, you should be contributing an equal percentage of your income, not a fixed amount. So whoever makes more will contribute more than the other.

Only if the couple's savings are also going to be 50/50

I mean, if the partners aren’t in a “it’s our money” type of relationship, I think whoever makes more money should contribute more.

I pay childcare and he pays the household bills which is about the same . We both have our own bills. Eg phones and car insurance which we pay separately

Before marriage we always did it percentage wise so that its fair we both paid the same % of our income into a household funds pot and all our joint expenses, bills, mortgage/ food came from that. Now we have married we do not have seperate finances so thats simpler.

We have always covered bills proportionately. When we both worked full time and earned around the same we both contributed 50/50, then for example when I was in the unpaid part of maternity leave it was 0/100, now I work part time so it’s around 30/70. We both have similar amounts of money left for ourselves after bills, it seems fair to us and we will carry on adjusting as incomes change.

Chuck it all in, doesn’t matter who makes more. It’s our money, we are a team. We both contribute with everything we have and we spend what we need. Even when living together unmarried it was all in and our money regardless of who is the breadwinner. There’s no I in team.

Me and my partners finances are completely separate, we pay 50/50 on the major bills and just buy groceries when we see are needed, I like different things than what he and his son likes so I for the most part buy my own things. I make 2x more than what he does but his credit is better and he has like 10x more in savings and I definitely don’t feel entitled to that, now if we are making a big purchase, we both contribute and save together.

We’ve never once broken it down this way or any way. All of our money is all of ours.

I think all the money should be in a join account so everything shared. So yes 50/50 but also buying other stuff is also shared

My husband puts more in but that’s mainly because he’s put all his car bills on the account 🙄 he does also earn more than me

We’re an equal partnership, we work hard and have always worked hard, his work just happens to have better compensation than what I was doing before becoming a SAHM and what I’ll end up doing when I’m back to work. We’re married and everything has been combined since we moved in together. I don’t have the earning potential he does even if I retrained in his field I’d be years behind and I’ve made sacrifices in order to be a SAHM and support his career. I absolutely feel 100% entitled to half of everything if we should split because I have contributed equally to our relationship and the life we’ve built just sometimes in different ways. We’re not 50/50 on housework cos I’m at home but he does whatever is needed.

If not combined financially I think a couple who respect each other would work out an amount to pay that’s a fair % of their income. It doesn’t make sense for a higher earner to be able to do and buy whatever they want while a partner struggles with joint bills. Be a team.