<prompt> Human: Hi rpersonalfinance ! For some background, Im 27 and my SO is 31. Been together 3 years, living together for 1.5ish. We both work full-time. Now to the real issue at hand. I struggle financially. I find at the end of the month no matter how much I budget, or how frugally I live, I never have that much money to spend on myself. I am in a decent amount of debt shitty prior relationship, joint credit cards etc but I am paying it off slowly. To put things into perspective, I currently make 30000year net income. SO is around 55000year. No debts just the usual carinsurancecell phone.We live in a very affordable apartment, and we have no household bills other than rent, internet and grocerieshousehold spending. Currently we split the rent 5050, I pay the internet and we split grocerieshousehold bills. Im just wondering if any of you have worked out a system in which the higher-income partner pays a higher percentage of the rentmortgagebills,and if so, how that has worked for you! Thanks for reading!  <response>: I think 5050 is fair. If he was real generous, it would be cool if he paid more. Maybe you could bring up ways to save money, so your portion is less, like a cheaper apartment, or not spending extras on groceries. An ex-boyfriend of mine moved into my home and would only split utilities . He said the home was my investment. My reply, Oh...so why did you pay rent for your apartment, when it wasnt your investment. Needless to say, our relationship didnt work and he moved out a couple months later. 