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Bills
Like buses, bills have a habit of arriving at once and are usually more expensive than you think they're going to be. If you find budgeting for bills difficult, it may be easier to arrange regular payments to spread the burden throughout the year. Plan ahead - if you're going to split them keep a record of what YOU used to save your friendships later.
Phone bills
Now that phone services provide itemised bills this needn't be such an argument-igniting appliance, assuming everyone's open with the phone books so the numbers can be tallied. Nevertheless, certain rules need to be enforced (like use the phone book not directory enquiries whenever you can help it; try and use phone only at cheap rates etc), and an Australian flatmate can still signal disaster.
