Sean Pyles

So it's a little less than half of the mortgage.

And we account for the difference because he is getting the equity in this house.

And I don't cover any utilities in this house because I'm paying for maintenance on my own house.

So if something needs to be repaired, he'll pay for that.

But then sometimes if there's a cosmetic change that I want to make, like last year, I wanted all new light fixtures in the house.

And after coming back from my honeymoon in Japan, I needed to have a bidet in my bathroom and I'm paying for that.

So it's a little bit squishy here and there, but it feels very equitable.

And that's the key thing I want to emphasize is that it feels like you have a right balance for your incomes.

And it sounds like you're doing that.

We haven't touched on maintenance a lot.

Robbie, are you covering that?

Is that my understanding?

Is there anything else that could make it feel more fair for either of you?

Just so I'm clear on that, when you guys are going out to dinner, Robbie, you're the one putting down your card more often.

Is that right?

Yeah.

I think you guys are in a situation where because of the numbers you're working with, you're able to really live your values around being 50-50 in this way.

There could be a future state where one of you is making significantly more than the other.

How would you change this dynamic in that case?

Would you try to have it be an equitable representative split based on income, or would you still like to have 50-50?