<prompt> Human: Ill try to make this concise.I make 34K a year, My GF makes 52K a year. We are looking to rent in Massachusetts and looking at apartments priced around 1300-1600 a month. My bi-weekly check equates to 938 after everything is taken out. I pay 160 for car insurance, 160 to commute to work monthly, and maybe 80 for gas. She has student loans, not sure what else expenses I dont suspect anything but the usual bills. I feel everything should be 5050 but I feel like im losing out in this. I obviously dont make as much so that leaves me struggling with money for food and savings after everything is paid for. We move farther from my job so my commuter cost goes up. Can someone tell me what price range we should be looking for, and do couples always pay 5050 or does the breadwinner chip in more?  <response>: Imo 5050. Budget based off of the lower income and if the higher income refuses to go that low then they make up the difference. 