do you and yours share money?

United States
August 14, 2007 9:33pm CST
I was wondering if you and the person your in a relationship share your income or is it seperate? I give my husband all the money he takes care of the bills. My friend on the other hand keeps he money seperate from her husband. The way i do things works for me but is it the way it should be? Sometimes I feel I can make our money stretch longer.
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@lyndee22 (1210)
• Philippines
15 Aug 07
My husbands give me his money. I am the handler. We share whatever we have gained and spent the same.
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@wolves69 (755)
• United States
15 Aug 07
I too give all my money to the missus. I only keep a very small savings account for my whims. Since she does the majority of the shopping, and takes care of the kids, it wouldn't be right for me to have access. Now, I control more of the investments: where and how much money goes into them. But, everything is equal and above the table. BTW: the missus doesn't work.
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• United States
17 Aug 07
Thanks both of you for your comments.
@tantal25 (838)
• United States
15 Aug 07
yes... i share money with my hubby... though there are times that we are both kinda shy to tell each other that we needed money... for us, its just another way of helping each other ;)
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• United States
17 Aug 07
sounds like you both our very smart with your money and your decisions.
@cwilson26 (2735)
• United States
15 Aug 07
Mine and my husband share the money and actually the money goes in my purse usually and the checking account is in my name and not his. This was a mutual agreement because I handle money better than he does. We do share it but I hold it and sometimes he likes to hold a little to feel like a man he says, lol. If we were to have seperate incomes we wouldn't get along too well. I wouldn't do that to him though. My sister-n-law holds all of hers and my brother-n-laws money and he has to pratically beg for money from her. I think that is totally ridiculous because he makes the money and has to hand over his paycheck to her. She is just totally ignorant like that. None of us like her because she bosses him around but you know what? He doesn't have to put up with that. He is so stupid. My mom and dad have separate incomes and they fight a lot. I think it is better to share the money because it isn't worth fighting over but you can't tell my parents anything. I think when couples share everything they get along better. We sure do and I wouldn't have it any other way. :)
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• United States
17 Aug 07
yeah It doesnt make a good relationship if you have to fight for the money. Thanks for the response.
@twils2 (1812)
• United States
15 Aug 07
Hi Punlonnjack, Me and my wife have a joint account and we both have direct deposit so all of our money is pooled to pay bills and groceries. I think thats the way it should be because a marraige is supposed to be about sharing. there is no your and mine, its all ours. To me it seems keeping thing seperate would cause more fighting, especially if one makes alot more than the other. Take care, Terry
• United States
17 Aug 07
Terry you right about being married about sharing even the money.