Shobha S VHow do two people with drastic differences in earning capacities navigate their relationship? What kinds of money-related tensions can arise in such partnership? How does the person who earns less manage? How do they manage their finances? In my experience, in India, this is never really spoken about much. There is a lot of silence around this issue.
Dave 🦔@shobha
I would say it strongly depends on the individual relationship, to what extent finances are jointly vs independently managed, future plans, fairness, etc.
If you are longterm partners with shared finances then it makes sense to ensure each partner also maintains independent funds in case the relationship ends in the future.
I know some couples take a strong "from each according to their ability" approach to shared costs so that, e.g., someone with 9 times the salary of their partner would pay 90% of their joint monthly costs.
I feel like there are too many nuances and different circumstances to speak in generalities though