<prompt> Human: Hi everyone, My fiance and are about to go down from 2 incomes to 1 and I am curious how others have done this. I am going back to school in the fall and will no longer be working. He makes approx 130kyear which is more than enough to sustain us both considering that we have no debts and will be living in a very affordable city in Canada. Im just curious about how to actually execute this. Those of you who have been in this position before, has your partner given you an allowance? Do you get a secondary credit card under their name and use that? Thank you in advance for your help and advice!  <response>: You guys should be fine... we went from 2 to 1 when my g.f. went back to college and I was just making 45k. Now Im more in the 60k range. I have a list of non negotiables with my g.f.: the bras she is not allergic to which go on sale a few times a year, weed for her anxiety, gas money, parking pass. Everything else she asks me first knowing I will say yes so long as I have the cash, but since we are not remotely in the 100k range the answer can sometimes be no after rent and bills. 