I have never lived on my own as a single person, because I got married when I was still in my teens but I was quite interested to find out how much being in a relationship can save you money, compared to living alone. I am sure if my husband and I had our own separate homes we would end up spending pretty much twice the amount on everything, because we would both still need all the basic household costs like electricity, internet and tv package and groceries – which are often cheaper when you buy bigger packets and share. We would also both have to travel separately and pay two sets of travel costs rather than sharing our car journeys together.
Have a look at this infographic to find out what areas couples will typically save in, and what the savings could be:
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I can’t wait for the day when my bills look like that!! 😀
I quite agree that it’s much cheaper to run one house than two! It’s when the children come along that it starts to get expensive.
This can be true in some ways, but without my other half my cleaning bill would be less!
Amen to that! And food!