<prompt> Human: Hello! Basically Im looking for advice on what you folks think is a good way to divide rent payments.We live in Manhattan, Upper West Side, in a 1br apartment, going into our second year living here. Rent was 2700mo the first year, and increased in July to 2808mo. This includes water and heat and trash and such, but not electricity or internet.My boyfriend is a quant on wall street with a take-home of something over 4000mo, Im not sure how much. He also can expect a bonus in January of god knows how much money. I think it was somewhere between 2-4K his first year, but anecdotally could be as much as half his base pay if it was a good year.Im working as a research assistant before applying to grad school in clinical psychology. I take home 2130mo. I only actually made a budget and started paying better attention to my spending and saving in July, and heres where I am as of todays adjustments:Rent: 953Transport: 184 this is a big change for me - it has been 361 the last year until I found a workaround this month thats added time and effort to my commute.Food: 300Everything else: 402Shunt to savings: 262As of now, this has me paying a flat 953 of the monthly rent, leaving him with 1855 of it. He also covers a rough average of 50mo of electricity, I think this is usually 30mo, but bumped up to cover higher summer bills with AC use. and est. 65mo shared internet he picked a higher speed option than I would, could be lower, bringing his housing cost to 1970.What I want to know is, does this seem like a fair division? I know this is part relationship question really, but we both werent really sure what to do and fumbled our way into making it the same percent of both our incomes in the beginning. Im uncomfortable with how much Im paying a month though I feel like a jerk saying that after writing the hard numbers and he doesnt want to feel like hes being penalized for making lots of money though he picked the apartment on the criterion that he would be willingable to cover rent himself, as I was still job-hunting at the time.The big missing points to consider are that I would never have chosen an apartment as expensive as this one. He had total control in that, and specific wants like living in Manhattan and a 1br over a studio. Also, because of his desired location, and the fact that the job I got is up in White Plains 1.5 hr commute, I spend was 249 now 72 on a monthly commuter rail pass to get to work. If it was my choice, Id be living in a small apartment costing way less and in a less lux location.Sorry if that was too much or too little information! Tell me if youd want to know anything else.This is my first time posting on reddit, so sorry if I did something stupid.  <response>: Considering the fact that your rent is higher because of his desire to live in Manhattan and since his income is twice as high as yours, Id say that the split is pretty fair. Youll find two different philosophies when it comes to splitting rent; 50-50, and proportional based on income. In this case proportional works well for both of you, and you should just continue like you have been. Edit: Spelling 