Topics: Ben Affleck, Celebrity, Matt Damon, Money, Social Media, TikTok, Australia
People are flooding to social media in heated debate after a TikToker revealed how she handles her finances.
With Ben Affleck and Matt Damon holding a combined net worth of over $300 million, according to Celebrity Net Worth, it's fair enough someone might want to take a leaf out of their book when it comes to managing their finances.
However, a TikToker is causing quite the stir online after revealing how she shares her money with her best friend.
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Earlier this year, Affleck and Damon appeared on The Bill Simmons Podcast and revealed they once opened up a joint bank account with both of their names on it.
They'd met at high school and both wanted to be actors and used the funds to pay to live, alongside taking out money for auditions.
Damon noted it's a 'weird thing in retrospect' but Affleck explained it was formed because they wanted to 'help each other out and be there for each other'.
"It was like, ‘You’re not going to be alone. I’m not going to be alone. Let’s go out there and do this together'." he added.
And it's not just Damon and Affleck who've had the idea either.
TikToker Caitlin Emiko - who goes by @cailtin.emiko on the platform - took to her page last week to reveal that 'all' her money is 'shared with [her] best friend'.
In the video, she says: "I have shared finances for over a year now which means anything I make, she gets and anything she makes, I get as well.
"It sounds so weird when I say it. And whenever we tell people this [...] they're genuinely so shook."
Caitlin then goes on to explain how it actually all works.
The TikToker says the pair share a joint card and joint bank account that 'everything gets paid into' from both of their salaries.
Then they get 'dividends' from that account into their own separate accounts - all split '50/50'.
Caitlin explains the pair had previously lived together in the Gold Coast and have 'never been the sorts of people to be funny about money'.
"If you spend so much time together, which we were spending together, then it's like you go, I go, every day is like a different person gets the coffee or the food or whatever," she adds.
The TikToker also notes the pair were raised 'similarly' so their view on money is 'similar' too, inviting people to 'share their opinions' and ask questions in the comments section.
And people certainly haven't held back. Warning: Use of swear word:
One TikTok user simply questioned: "But why?"
"I did that and she made $0 and I made $1000 per week, she had 2 kids, I had $0. It did not end well haha," another added.
However, a third wrote: "Ppl are QUICK to share finances w a lover & how often does that go south? best friends are typically for LIFE. it makes sense to me! I love that."
"This is unhinged and I love it and support it," a fourth added.
And a fifth said: "Do u guys make around the same salary ? And if u were to stop being friends how would u divide it ?"
Caitlin also clarified if the pair were ever to stop being friends, they'd divide the money '50/50' and also have 'separate savings' accounts.
