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To all couples out there,i need your views on this:Should the husband pay the apartment/house rent alone?

My friend is getting married soon and her husband wants her to pay half of the rent once she moves in his place. In my knowledge, it should be the husband who should shoulder the rent and not require the wife to pay as what most our asian friends husband do. She's marrying a white man. Is it common for american couple share the house rent?

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1. Doesn't really make a difference does it if they are getting married... It becomes "their" money or one would assume that anyway. We, my wife and I share, not split ALL the bills. If one spouse makes a LOT more money then it stands to reason they would foot more of the bills.
2. No. It's common for both to pay, because they are married. They are one. It's "their" money "together".
3. ok, here is what my partner and I do. We figured it out when we moved in together because I earn more money than him and a 50/50 split meant that I always had much more 'spare' money than him. We figured out how much of a percentage we both contribute to the overall household income. And then we split the bills to that ratio. So in our house, I earn 67% of the total and he earns 33% of the total. Then we split the rent, council tax, electricity, gas, food, phone, tv etc to that ratio. All our 'personal' expenses, like car insurance, mobile phone, personal credit cards, store cards we pay ourselves. This way, we pay our share fairly.
4. Most couples use some variation of the "yours, mine, and ours" plan, where most of their income goes into a joint account from which the household bills and expenses are paid, but they each keep individual control over some of their own money as well. It doesn't make sense for both members of a couple to earn money but for only one of them to pay the bills.
5. My fiance and I have lived together for 1 1/2 years and though we are not married there is no "he pays this and I pay that". I am younger than him by quite a bit and so I had less credit and the bills are all in his name except our lease which is in both of our names. We have joint checking accounts, he makes more than I do, but our money is just our money. I am the one that physically pays the bills but I guess that in some ways he pays them since he earns more of the money. I just cant believe these people that are married and have his and hers bills and keep money from eachother or say that you have to pay this and I will pay that, one household is the point of marriage isnt it?
6. I had the house prior to us being married so I still pay the mortgage on our house. My husband pays certain bills and I pay the rest. I am a total believer in having separate savings/checking accounts along with a joint one for other things. People can argue that when you are married you should have everything together but we NEVER have had any fights about money. Heck, we don't even talk about money unless we are buying something big like a car, boat etc. We spend our money, he spends his and I spend mine. It works better this way then the way most people feel is right. I don't think it is the mans responsibility alone to pay the rent/mortgage. I think it would be more appropriate for your friends future husband to ask her to to take over a whole bill vs splitting one. It amounts to the same thing but it seems less room-matey to me.
7. They combine accounts - there is no 50% of money as both have each others money now. They can budget some fun spending money for each person but the household bills should be paid from a joint account!!! The husband sounds like an idiot. nyb
8. My husband works and I am a stay at home mother...we pay our mortgage from his pay hceck, but the money is ours not his and not mine....ours since we are married. And my husband and I are very happy with the way our life is, ....oh and we are white
9. Normal couples have one account, all income and all expenses come from that account. Neither of them declares any of the funds exclusively theirs.
10. Yes I think money/paychecks should be pooled to pay all the bills.Some of the leftover money could be split so each of you have some spending money.Even when I worked all money went into the same account.There was no yours and mine money.
11. if she is working, then yes, it should be 50/50. If she isn't working, then find a job. Your friend isn't a child. And I don't see why the husband should pay for her