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[deleted] OP t1_jeeh797 wrote

Reply to comment by gooberfaced in How to split bills fairly in this instance? by [deleted]

But the two of us can’t decide the fairest way! B is happy to pay 50/50 taking everything out of the equation, but A thinks perhaps that’s not the fairest way to do it given some of the elements involved (higher salary, mortgage not joint) … so we’re looking for a wider opinion to help decide best way forward!

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tomvorlostriddle t1_jeeib25 wrote

>But the two of us can’t decide the fairest way!

Because fair means different things to different people in different contexts.

And we cannot decide for you how you see your partner. Could be a traditional arrangement where in the long term one of the two earns the money and the other does the household. In that case usually, you would go for community of goods (excepting preexisting wealth, inheritance and gifts received but including new income and capital gains also on preexisting wealth)

Or could be roommates who hookup but live separate lives at the other extreme. then don't share wealth, but we cannot tell you.

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lilfunky1 t1_jeem6ud wrote

> B is happy to pay 50/50 taking everything out of the equation

then do that.

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