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THE ERICA SHOW - How Should The Bills Be Split When You Move In Together · The Erica Show

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  Now No. Actually Erica show on G one oh five Erica DeLong and Trevor
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  and we love to hear from you. So if you have a life change
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  or you need some help with something, we're always here to give you what
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  we consider our best advice. We try and Allison left us a talkback message
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  on our iHeartRadio app she needs some help. Hey, guys, just wanted
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  some advice on moving in with my boyfriend and how we should split expenses.
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  I think it should be fifty fifty straight down the middle. No one should
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  make money off of the other. What are your thoughts. My husband's in
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  finance and he's very thrifty, so he's he will nickel and dime for everything.
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  But when we started living together, we kind of split down the middle
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  as well. At least we have different accounts, Like I have my account
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  for my TJ Max spins he's got he's got his account for you know,
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  drones or whatever little silly stuff he buys. We have a joint account for
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  bills, and that is split down the middle. But then you got to
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  add factor in which she's not there yet, be factor in health insurance.
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  Who's for that? The kids stay here like there's a lot of things at
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  play, but fifty fifty is not a bad idea, especially when you're dating
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  and you're not married. Yeah, hey, Zeus and I I take this
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  bill, he takes this bill. I take this one. So it kind
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  of all evens out. So my husband originally wanted to do percentage because at
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  one time I was maybe making a slight bit more than him, and so
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  he wanted to do a percentage, and I was mad because I was like,
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  no, because I went to Old Navy and bought the kids clothes.
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  This time, I was like, that counts. You gotta pay your fair
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  share, Erica. But I think fifty fifty. I think fifty fifty is
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  fair unless somebody's making like millions and you're making pennies to that nine one nine
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  eight six one oh five one. When you move in with somebody you're dating,
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  how should the bills be divided? Do you want to buy this?
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  The Erica Show Erica and Trevor, and we have one of our listeners.
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  She reached out. She's doing a life change, which we're so happy she
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  reached out, and she said, I'm moving in with my boyfriend. How
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  should we split the bills? Should it be fifty fifty. So what do
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  you think nine one nine eight six one oh five one Brandon and Roxboro,
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  what do you think about the bill situation? I don't feel like kid be
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  in with somebody you should split bials down the middle of because if you don't
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  want to split seals down the middle, that would kind of let me.
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  It will leave me to believe that you had some other motive for moving in.
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  Just my opinion. Now, what about if you say you make three
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  times more than the than your spouse moving in? Would you say, Okay,
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  I'll get more on this because it would be harder out of pocket for
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  that person to move in? Of course, like if I was making,
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  say two hundred and fifty grand of the years she was making fifty, of
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  course I would church up into a little bit more. But yeah, if
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  you're if you're actually making two fifty, Erica would like your number. I'm
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  a married woman, Trevor who gets some money for us. I wish thank
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  you for calling. Do you even know if I just say Erica's show Erica
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  and Trevor talking about who pays for what? When you move in with somebody
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  that you're dating, do you split it down the middle nine nine eight six,
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  one oh five one, you can call her. Text Jody from few
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  Quay texted in said the man should be paying more as he is the one
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  who is the head of households. I didn't I didn't say that. Jody
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  said it.