To be honest, I’m glad I did this back then; if we’d become long-distance, it sadly would’ve taken me much longer (perhaps not until after marrying the guy and moving back in together) to realize what I was in for with him. So I’m “lucky” I helped him stay close.

I think money questions are so difficult. I do lean towards believing that, when two partners have a substantial discrepancy in their earnings, it’s fair for them to split their joint costs according to their proportional shares of the total income, rather than right down the middle. Expecting someone to pay 50% of an expense when they’re either not using 50% of the resources or not on the same economic playing field as the other can be very unfair. So… would I do this again? Being totally honest, I have to say that I might.

But I’d be MUCH more cautious about it now, and I’d make sure to have a bigger cushion set aside for my own security, that’s for sure! ;)