Personal Life Perspective

• Weeks et al found that a lot of cohabiting couples pooled some income for household spending - whilst keeping individual income for personal spending, this is called co-independence (Pahl/Vogler)
• Smart found in some same sex couples, partners did not attach any importance on who controlled the finances and did not consider this a basis of inequality in the relationship
• Smart argues that same sex couples had greater freedom to manage money effectively than straight couples