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Money as a couple: sharing expenses without the friction
Living together means sharing expenses. Rent, groceries, subscriptions, holidays, the unexpected. And one question comes up fast: who pays for what, and is it actually fair?
There's no universal answer. A couple with equal incomes doesn't organise the same way as one where a partner earns twice as much. Some want a joint account; others would rather keep things separate. Some split everything down the middle; others split in proportion to income. No method is "the right one" — the right one is the one that creates neither unfairness nor resentment.
The real issue is almost never the money itself. It's the balance: not feeling shortchanged, not putting your partner under strain, and above all not turning every expense into a negotiation. The mental load of "I paid again" wears you down faster than an overdraft.
These guides cover the concrete situations: choosing between 50/50 and proportional splits, handling different or irregular incomes, smoothing out annual bills, sharing subscriptions, and talking about money without it turning into an argument. Each one starts from a real case, not a theory.
Boney is built to keep it simple: you set your split once, and the app works out each share and balance with every expense — no joint account, no bank connection, no model forced on you. You stay in control, and skip the conversations that go in circles.
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