- Kimo Bentley left her NYC med-spa business to move to Maryland, home to her fiancé, Daron Pressley.
- The couple have a 4-year-old child and split their finances proportionally.
- Pressley covers the bulk of their expenses with an annual income of about $200,000.
This is part of our series Splitting the Difference , which examines the financial lives of couples.
Kimo Bentley had two children and was running her New York City med spa in 2014 when she met Daron Pressley at an industry event. They took a liking to one another, and at the end of the night, he tried to help her put on her jacket.
“Being from New York, she was like, ‘What are you doing? Don’t touch me. Don’t touch me,'” Pressley said.
“He said, ‘Fine, get your arms stuck,'” Bentley added.
The meet-cute reflects the self-sufficient approach they’ve taken to finances seven years later as a couple engaged and living in Maryland with their 4-year-old child; though they’re both fiercely independent and have their own way of doing things, they’ve also always been drawn to each other, and to helping each other out.