Get married. It will solve all of these problems. I think some virtual accounts would be in order. But I will have to think on this more.
On Tue, Oct 15, 2013 at 1:40 PM, Mayeu M <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi everybody, > > I used ledger for some time now, and I have been lurking this ml for some > years without seeing something similare on the ML. > > I manage the common expense between my girlfriend and me (like rent, food, > car expenses, etc...), but I found my method suboptimal and I am > wondering^Wpretty sure there is some easier/smarter way to handle it. > > So there is an explanation of my method. > > * I have a file containing my personnal ledger (personnal.ldg) > * I have a file containing communal expenses (common.ldg) > * I do not handle the personnal ledger of my girlfriend (nor she do). So > the only view I have of her ledger, is a partial one through common.ldg > * We do not have a common account, all of them are physicaly separated > > When she or I spend money, I had the details in common.ldg > > common.ldg--------------------------- > 2013/10/10 Some shop > Expenses:food 100€ > Assets:Me > > 2013/10/11 Some shop 2 > Expenses:food 200€ > Assets:She > --------------------------------------------- > > Then I create the following in my personnal.ldg > > personnal.ldg-------------------------- > 2013/10/10 Some shop > Expenses:common 50€ > Liabilities:She 50€ > Assets:My:Personnal:Account > > 2013/10/11 Some shop 2 > Expenses:common 100€ > Liabilities:She > --------------------------------------------- > > With this I am able to compute the Liabilities:She account that show what > I own her, or what she own me (depending of the sign). > > But these method too much drawback: > * lot of work (for every transaction I have to create a new one in my > personnal account) > * error prone (need copy and calculation) > * the two files are incompatible, so I do not have one unified ledger, I > am forced to check multiple ledger to have all the info > * When I do some report on my personnal account I have a big > "Expense:common" account, and I am forced to go to the common.ldg file to > get detailled report of those expenses. > > So I am wondering if there is some smarter, less error prone method to > handle our communal expenses. And reducing my workload ;) > > Thank you for any thought and/or help on the subject ! > > -- > Mayeu > > -- > > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Ledger" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > -- Craig, Corona De Tucson, AZ enderw88.wordpress.com -- --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Ledger" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
