<prompt> Human: My partner is considering quitting her job to focus, at least temporarily, on creative endeavours. I fully support her in this, and I understand her motives. As the main breadwinner Ill have to stretch my salary to cover her needs as well but this can be handled by careful budgeting.The problem is that we have not shared finances in the past we discuss money openly, but cashassets are separate Ill need to make sure she has spending money for the essentials and a few luxuries, to maintain her independence or at least the pretence of it. 1. Does PF have any tips on how to handle this sharing of money?2. Im from the UK and were going to look into extra NI contributions for her, as she wont be going on JSA, is there anything else we need to consider for her long-term needs?Edit: to be clear - as I specified this is principally spendingexpenses, I dont mention completely sharing assets for a reason! Its not on the cards!  <response>: I have no valuable input but for the record, Ive gone through the same thing with my SO and she wound up being more successful in her creative endeavor. Hope for the best, support her in her creativity for a while, plan for the worst which, I guess, is that she makes no money, and may you find success. 