So I’m trying to get onto a budget now that I’ve become the primary income after years as a stay at home dad. But as it stands, my wife will be covering some things occasionally, and I’m struggling getting her on board with committing to who is paying which bills. I have the majority of our monthly items listed, which puts my income basically at its limit, and the best help I’m getting in this is “well I’ll be paying some of those / you won’t have to pay that every month”.

Aside from pushing the issue further, does anyone have a suggestion how I can account for this sort of thing without just throwing the budget out?