<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinance,I am not sure this is the right post for it, if not, give me a heads up please.My boyfriend of a year borrows money from me around 100 a month, I have enough money at the moment, but Im afraid that when we are going to live together we want to ASAP he might leave me broke which he does not want and does not do on purpose, believe me because he cant oversee his money incomeout-going thing.I have never learned how to handle money, neither does he, but I am more careful with spending money, he trows it away on stuff without thinking and this bothers me. I have talked about it and he DOES want to change it, but I think I might need to help him a bit. Though since I dont know how to handle money myself... do you have any tips for us? He is the kind of oh I want that new video game and just buys it without thinking and oh shit hon, can I borrow money? I got some checks I have to pay I did not knew were coming. I am the kind of: studying, working quite hard and thinking about what I want to do with my money, though I do not know the value of money very well. How much does a car cost? How much does a house cost and groceries?! I 20 F am a student with side job , living of 1030 a month, my boyfriend 24 works fulltime and earns about 1800 a month...I made a sort of scheme where he could fill in his income and spendings, so he could see how much he had left... he is too lazy for that. So: How can we oversee our income-spendings and how can we learn the value of money? I really like my BF and want to live with him, but this is kind of a deal breaker...Please help me rpersonalfinance!  <response>: He just needs to stop being lazy and selfish. Your budget idea is a good one 