Interesting Links for 27-05-2019

[andrewducker]

Women are happier without children or a spouse, says happiness expert

(tags:happiness relationships women men )

Fact checking the anti-trans sports attacks

(tags:transgender sports )

Test performance, gender, and temperature

(tags:temperature gender intelligence testing )

Star Trek Wine Pedantry is the best pedantry

(tags:StarTrek wine )

Hammond suggests he would consider voting to bring down a Conservative government that pushed for a no-deal Brexit. Significant numbers of his colleagues feel the same

(tags:politics conservatives UK europe )

Scotland to House World's Largest Tidal Turbine

(tags:Scotland renewables )

Different approaches to combining finances in relationships

(tags:relationships money )

Laser drones protect Scottish forests

(tags:Scotland forests lasers drone )

Labour wiped out in Scotland as SNP secures comfortable victory (shame about the Greens)

(tags:politics Scotland europe )

Comments

Re: Different approaches to combining finances in relationships

[channelpenguin]

Oh my god, you see that is an example of exactly what I personally find utterly unacceptable. That anyone could have say what I spend my money on - or vice versa, that I could have any say in what my partner spends his money on. In my world it is not even a discussion to be had. Why on earth should haircuts or clothes even be up for joint discussion? We can individually afford what we can individually afford, and we manage our own budgets like adults - end of story.

IMO, it is not my partner's business HOW I meet necessary shared expenses, or vice versa. But absolutely should both of us always do so, on time without fail.

I guess I find it clear because I have a pretty fixed idea of what necessary shared expenses are*, and have never met disagreement over that point. I suppose that *could* happen between other people.

*(rent/power/water/gas/comms/insurance - it is not an entirely fixed list - Food used to be, but not with this partner as we rarely eat together at home due to different diets and working hours. This needed no discussion. Eating out we usually split or if cash is short alternate on a "what feels fair" basis)