[Magdalen] Speaking of money

[Jay Weigel]

That's pretty much how we did it. I'm the one who gets emotional about
money. I'm also the one on a fixed income.

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 9:17 AM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:00 AM, Jay Weigel <jay.weigel at gmail.com> wrote:
> > We have separate accounts. I pay the monthly cell phone bill and he pays
> > other utilities. In addition, I give him a set, agreed-on amount on the
> > first of the month to help with other expenses (he knows how much I
> receive
> > from SS and the late ex's pension). Works for us.
>
> I may just lay out a typical recent month to show what comes in and
> what went out. Keeping it in categories rather than all the details
> behind them may help. And I'll need to go through it with him. I'd be
> fine with someone just handing me the info and I would peruse it and
> get a lot out of it, but he doesn't. I see it as just facts and
> realities, but he attaches a lot of emotion to monetary info.
>
> Dividing up the bills would be great if we each had an income. I
> remember that...it's how we could afford to live downtown. We're still
> not paying what we paid for the downtown place, even after 10+ years
> of rent increases up here on the far north side.
>
>
> --
> Scott R. Knitter
> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>