Who handles the family budget?

My wife and I handle the family budget together. When my need to buy something that is costly, we put our heads together and make a finally decision. As to small things, I leave it to my wife and sometimes she leaves it to me. I am happy that we like to talk to each other before a big deal.

This would vary from family to family i think as each family has their own choices and people taking care of the budget, and at times if its a joint family, we have the elders too who take care of the budget in the house, so it would all depend on what kind of fmaily your is and who takes care of the budget. In my family my husband and myself , we both take care as we have spilt the things between ourselevs,like hes incharge of the day to day budgeting and spending of things, as he takes a limited amount each month from which hed make a list and spend the things needed daily. While i keep track of the monthly bills that have to be cleared, the kids fees that have to be paid, the electricity and phone bills, the petrol and the maids expenses, the rent of the house etc,and any unexpected expenses etc, and we normally note downa nd maintain the account of things by the month end and invariably each month we reduce a little of the expenses by taking care that we dont over spend as we are able to save up those places which we were over spending in. I think a budgeting is always better in order to have a proper well maintained and balanced amount and as little saving is done too.

I am the one who handles it in our house. My husband is not good at handling it. One time I got mad about something and told him that I was going to let him start handling it. He laughed and said that nothing would get paid if I did that. He gives me his check each time he gets paid and I deposit it in the bank and I pay all our bills. If we have extra money then I'll give him some to spend and I'll take some and he always spends his before I spend mine. I gave both of us $40 the other day as just spending money and he has almost blown all of his. I still have the $40 I kept for me plus $25 from the last time I got some extra money. So it's a good thing I do the family budget. LOL

After passing the responsibility back and forth we have finally arrived at a place that works well for both of us. Whenever money comes in...from his work, mine or 'ours' we mutually decide how to allocate it. From there I take the money and put it in the appropriate bank account. We have more than one because our mortgage is handled by one...business accounts etc. Most of our payments come out as an automatic debit..and I use on-line banking daily to track things and make sure everything is running smoothly. After all our years of marriage my hubby and I finally accepted that I am better at managing the money and tracking expenses...and handling the budget than he is. It is akin to his computer skills...he is way better at than than I am. So we both do what we know we're good at...and everything is running much more smoothly now. We use Quick Books to track our expenses and keep an eye on the outgo and it really helps us in setting realistic goals and achieving them.

since both of us (husband and myself) have our own separate incomes, we divide the household expenses. each of us will set aside funds for our day to day expenses put it in a separate account and draw from it when bills has to be paid. for other expenses like cellphones, insurance and shopping we use our own money. it has worked for us all these years. but of course once in awhile we borrow from one another.

ya ofcourse my home minister means my wife handle the house budget. and i think she better manage the budget.

My mother does, but sometimes I do some managing of my own.

We both do. Because this way, both of us know we can't eat out, or how much we have available to spend on gifts. It's easier for us.

In my family both me and my mother handle our family budget

my hubby generally does handle our bills etc, but i do know what is going on with money as well. but he has a better handle on figures than i do, so i let him do it...it would take me forever! lol

Before I was the one handling the budget but now I give it to my husband because I want him to experience and learn how to budget the funds of the family, but of course I would monitor what is he doing because I dont want to have shortage. I also note down the expenses because its easy to track how money was spent..

I basically handle the finances. I don't like it but I have no choice. I am an accountant and I do these kind of stuff at work all the time and it's really kinda boring and excruciating doing the same thing at home. I want to give my self a break with all these finance stuff you know. But there's just really no one to do it. *sigh*

in my family,my parents handle the budget together. now,i am independent,and between my bf and i,almost is he,sometime i pay the bills:) his salary is much more than mine.

In my family, my father is the one to handle family budget. He has the finacial say. I think to handle finacial budget is not easy.