Money money money

1 - OH

2 - About £70k + benefits more p.a.

P earns twice as much as I do and we have pretty much maintained this throughout our relationship. Hence him paying the huge mortgage / food costs and me paying the bills!

I have always earned more, and currently 100% more as OH is retraining and starting up self employed.

I do, by about 2.5 x

I couldn't care less and he pretty much accepts that's how it'll always be but I think it does dent his male pride a little if he thinks about it too much. Fortunately he doesn't seem to think about it too much ?. Not sure what the factor will be from here on in since he's pretty much out of work at the moment (2.5x was based on his last salary and we have no idea what he'll be able to get in this job market)

OH earns more but only by about £5k.

Can you tell I'm bored too with my speedy reply?!

H earns more than me - almost exactly double! Is that 100%? (The fact I don't know this perhaps shows why he earns so much more!!)

1 - For the last two years of our relationship it has been him..the ten before that it was me.

2 - About £500 a month more than me plus he gets quarterly bonuses which are about equivalent to half a months wage if everything is passed and ticked. I work for the NHS ,bonuses! he he not on your nelly.

Or 50%? Gawd I'm thick!

OH earns more than me and there is about a £30k gap.

Lamby - 100%

Good to see some of the gals out earning their menfolk. I don't think it matters either way if the balance works for the couple but from a female perspective it's always good to see.

I think my husband might out earn me this year, unless a couple of deals come in and then I win!

My OH earns more than me.

I'm a SAHM, so he earns 100% more than me.

I'm salaried and OH is a profit sharer, so in good times, he earns more than me and in bad times, he can earn the same or very slightly less than me, but that's rare. In good times, he earns about 10k p.a. more than me.

Haha H does now but I earned £35k more than him when I worked, much to his dismay (bearing in mind he worked in the midlands and I worked in London so there was bound to be a gap!)

You didn't answer your own question CB...

He does the hard work, I get the puppy...see works for me ?

I agree 90% of the time but it does mean we're a bit stuffed if I go off on mat leave any time soon ?

This is a good point actually - my friend is the main bread winner and will have to return to work after 6 months post baby as they rely mainly on her salary for the mortgage.

Obviously this wouldn't always be the case though, if the man still earnt well and they had a lot of savings, but this isn't the case with my friend and she wishes it was the other way round.

I did, Rachel!

He's on to out-earn me this year if I don't finalise any more deals this year. If I do, I could out earn him by a penny or an awful lot more. Mine's very difficult to quantify.

Oops I missed your second post! Even a penny is good! Glad I never had that with my H, the competition between us would have been awful! ?

The competition amuses me - particularly as our careers and ways of earning are so different!

My OH earns about 3 and a half times more than I do - a reflection on the industries we're in.

There's about 2-3k difference in our earnings, with me earning more. OH is at the top of his Band now so won't get anymore, whereas I'm at the bottom of my band (2 bands higher than OH), and each year I get an increment

I earn more, but not enough more to challenge his masculinity Maybe 10%, not sure of his salary. This does not mean I contribute 10% more to the joint effort

H earns more than me, partly because he's full time and I'm part time but also because he's been with the same company for almost 10 years so has had a lot of pay rises through that and he's also accrued other benefits like extra holiday time. Also my earnings are a combination of basic rate and commission, so my monthly take home pay varies by a few hundred pounds each month if things are very good or very quiet at work! On average, H takes home about twice as much as I do.

We're thinking about me handing in my notice and being a SAHM for a while though because childcare costs are absolutely crippling us and the arrangement we had sorted out for the summer holidays has just fallen through so we're a bit stuck! It would also give me time to work on our internet business, which would be very handy!

1 - OH earns more, but up until before the wedding it was me!

2 - Currently I'm unemployed but when I'm working its a difference of about £10k

My b2b earns nearly twice as much as I do, but that's because she works in the financial sector and I work for a charity.

In practical terms, when children come along, it's more likely that it'll be me that stays home to look after them as it'll mean less of a drop in our combined income.

I earn twice as much as Mr C...

When we have kids, I will be off back to work while he stays at home.

Mr RB earns about 9k more than me. But then I'm about 9k underpaid at the moment!

I have never been in a relationship where I have had a partner earn more than me....says alot!

I earn more than MrMini- by £7k a year. Coupled with the 1/3 of his take home we give his ex it means I pay for everything [wedding included!]

It does shift the power balance as any descions made in the household are done by me as utimatley- I pay for it.

Mr S earns about £6k more than me a year but it works out much more than that depending on how much commission/bonus he gets.

I earn about £6K more than my OH on our main jobs, but we both have second jobs (more like paying hobbies). I can earn up to £1000 a year with mine, He can make £5-10K in a good year.

We earn roughly the same, but cirucmstances are different. I have debts, car payments and rent and bills to pay out of my salary. He has no debt, only pays a minimal amount in rent to his parents and some child maintenance (sp). So he has more disposable income and a good fair bit of savings - I have neither.

Mr Kooks earns more than me but only by about £200 a month as I also have a part time job to top me up!

He is massively under paid though for what he does so hopefully he's due a pay rise soon!