Re: Who controls the money in your house?
well for me it depends on a few things, if both partners are working, each partner should put in an equal percentage of their take home pay into a joint account, to pay the mandatory bills(IE rent/mortage electric, food, etc) As for me and my wife, we both put in 75% of our take home pay into a joint account. That gave us plenty for the bills plus some for a bailout fund(extra money to pay for repairs, or other unexpected bills). The remaining 25% of my paycheck was mine to pay off my credit card, my computer needs and such. Hers was used likewise. This way is working for me and my wife. On the joint account, we set it up for a check to be valid you need both signatures, that way we both know when a bill is paid because you had to sign the check...Hope I didn't confuse anyone, and those are my 2 cents
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