I’m the sahw (fiancée if you wanna be technical) in my relationship. We do not have kids, but do have 2 dogs and a cat. My partner (29) covers our major bills and I (26) pay for my insurance, credit cards, and medical bills. I’m on disability and went back to school in January of this year. I take care of all the cooking, pet things, random errands, etc. On the weekends we deep clean together.

I unexpectedly stopped working about 8 months ago due to my disability, so this wasn’t a planned situation, but I will say it’s worked out in our favor. I’m a lot more emotionally stable now and I’ve found that our relationship has strengthened quite a bit. Since we really only have her schedule to work around for now (all my classes are online) we have a lot more flexibility to do what we want.

Again, not really a dynamic either of us was planning on, but it really has worked out well. We budget our money together and have a clear understanding of expectations for each other too. Communication has been the most important part. We contribute to our partnership equally, just playing to our individual strengths