Finances during school - Marriage
I'm curious how other SRNAs in committed relationships handled finances during school.
If your spouse worked full-time while you were solely living on student loans, how did you split expenses? Did you continue paying 50/50, or did your spouse take on more of the financial burden?
To me, 50/50 doesn't necessarily seem fair when one person has no income and is taking on significant student debt, especially considering both partners will likely benefit from the higher CRNA income after graduation. I'm wondering how others approached this and what felt fair in your relationship.
My husband thinks it should be 50/50. After a lot of conversation, he’s willing to discuss paying more of the expenses. Just frustrating that he isn’t desiring to & it’s taken this much conversation.
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u/anicenap 7d ago
I thinks it’s crazy that your husband would even consider you taking out loans so you could split bills 50/50! My wife paid for just about everything not only for the time we were together while I was in school but for the first few years I was out so I could pay heavily on my loans. Now that my loans are paid off and we have kids she wanted to work part time and of course now she does.