Translations:Splitting Costs Fairly/15/en

Finally, keeping precise mental accounts of every euro can be as corrosive as ignoring costs entirely. Most durable arrangements settle somewhere between rigid tallying and total vagueness: a rough sense of balance, checked occasionally, adjusted without drama.

| Conclusion=Splitting costs fairly is ultimately an exercise in clarity rather than calculation. Saying early what one intends to contribute, recognising the contributions that do not appear on receipts, and treating a change in circumstances as something to discuss rather than absorb tend to prevent most of the difficulty.