Well see here's the deal. I ended up benefiting more from the arrangement than my ex so it wasn't exactly 50/50.
He was a leasing agent so he brought an almost $300 discount to my rent. But then we split an already ridiculously cheap rent on TOP of that. He paid the cable/phone/internet bundle and I paid the light bill. So b/c I was essentially swimming in money, the least I could do is take care of the house and I'm a neat freak anyway so that was a given. But he had to pay child support, his car note, his other bills and was still doing little shyt for me like taking me out and buying me small shyt here and there.
I'm not heartless so I took care of food and stuff. He had some shytty ways but he always provided for me. Hell he even got me a sweet part time job chilling st the pool everyday last summer so I had even MO money! I felt so guilty about it that I gave him like $300 one time cash and bought him video games occasionally b/c I save so much money living with him that I was able to pay off my carnote and STILL had like close to $5000 left in the bank.
If u looking out for me like that then the very least I can do to NOT be a piece of utter shyt is keep a clean crib and make sure u got food when u get home. Like seriously.