Who handles the money?

[Broken Arrow]

I think its cute how she you lets you think you're in charge.

Reminds me of an amusing quote I once heard, "A good woman is one that makes you feel like you're Chairman of the Board when you're only the head of the entertainment committee."

Oh, and I handled the money.

[rduell]

I do all the financial tasks. I really enjoy doing it. If DH did it I'm afraid things wouldn't get done!

[Money Saving Army Wife]

Since my husband is active duty Army, I handle all of the finances. That way, if he's gone for training, or deployed, I can keep everything running smoothly. That, and I'm one of those people who lives for Excel spreadsheets and makes Quicken a hobby. It's amazing to me though, that there are military wives out there who are clueless about their finances and then have to take a crash course after their husband deploys.

[kv968]

Me, just because DH isn't very interested in budgets. He's the one going to business school no less and doing a speciality in finance. Hmm..strange.

That's not that strange really. When I was married, my wife did all the day-to-day budgets and paying of the bills; whereas I was the "financial guru" (yeah right) and did all the investing. She wasn't interested and really didn't understand investing and I didn't have any interest in the balancing of the checkbooks and paying bills. Of course now that I'm divorced, I've learned to "take an interest" in such things

[jodi]

I handle all the day to day finances and DH usually handles the investing. I am taking a more active role in the that lately, mostly in determining where my IRA money goes. He does whatever he wants with his IRA money.
DH doesn't have any interest in keeping track of bills, etc. and I prefer it that way. Of the many things he is, an on-time payer he is not

[nanamom]

I have a couple seperate accounts because it came out of my "allowance" They are prosper and sharebuilder experiments. The non work related retirement thing is in my name becasue I am older. Everything is considered joint property however. He earns it I spend it really is true. However I spend it frugally. I keep him informed each month on how we did at paying bills and when we meet a goal we rejoice together. He still likes to spend and I have to curb it. We take a small allowance that we can spend on whatever we want and I notice some of his goes to vending machines and coffee where mine goes to investments. We make the really big decisions together and I ask before I spend alot of money. I also ebay and that is considered both of ours.

[MonkeyMama]

Me because I like to. & Dh is rather bad at it. LOL.

No, mostly because it is a hobby for me and little more than a means to an end for him. So I keep way more on top of things, and I get the job. But he is involved and knows what is going on. But happy all the same to let me deal with all the numbers.

[project15]

I am in charge of the bills and budget, but she is always included in financial decisions - not including what we give ourselves in allowance each week. She has the knowledge to check out the budget if she ever has a question about where money is going.

[kateochang]

Hi everyone! I've just joined this forum and it is pleasant to be part of it

Who handles the money? ME!! I just love being in control with what ever I do. Perhaps another reason to it is because I'm not married yet? Very important for me to be in track with my spending and earning.

But still, regardless I'm married or not, I will and always be handling the money because I'm just fit for it

[LivingAlmostLarge]

Um, it's not like he even does the investing. Nope he's not involved in our finances pretty much.

[Ima saver]

My husband makes 100% of the money and I handle it all, including investing. He does not have the time to even learn much about investing although I do talk to him about it.

[Joan.of.the.Arch]

Either of us could do the grunt work of the money handling, but I and grateful that my husband volunteers. When he is out of town for extended periods, I do it. I however, am the one who keeps up with the financial news, and investigates possible changes to make. Usually am the one to bring up the possibility of any major changes or major purchases.

[Aleta]

I handle all of the bookkepping, finances, and investments for the house. I found out years ago that my spouse wasn't getting the bills paid on time. I had a friend that did all of the bills and she suggested that I might want to do it. That was many, many years ago and I enjoy it; but sometimes I complicate myself with too many categories. Still that can be a good thing. My husband is not really interested in the day to day things because he trusts me with the finances. He knows that whenever he wants he can see what is there.

[lieweheksie]

I do it all- DH is not really interested
we've never followed any gender sterotyping in our relationship- the person who is better at the task is the one who does it- I do the money and he sweeps:-)

[Ima saver]

I like that. In my house, I handle the money and he does the housework. Hey, it works for me!