Which person handles the finances in your home?

Kelly- I handle all of the finances in our home as I stay at home and know what bills are due, coming in, and what needs to be purchased. As my husband jokes, I give him his allowance lol. Seriously though, I do the paperwork side of it, and just let him know what's available for play money. I keep the pantries stocked, etc. If there is an issue, I may involve him, but for the most part I keep all of that to myself and just make sure everything is taken care of. This allows his mind to stay clear for his spiritual studies, as well as work. He doesn't need the extra headaches of the household runnings. If he takes out the trash for me, I'm a happy camper. Namaste-Anora

i'm the one who handles all the finances in our home. all my husband does is give me his income and then i do what has to be done, which bills to pay first... i tell him though how much each bill is, what are late in payments, how much the penalties, what is due on a certain day, so he'll know what do if we are short in the budget (which we always are these days ). other than that, he lets me take care of everything.

Im a stay at home mom too, however I handle all the bills and anything to do with money basically. My husband however knows what thet are paid. He also knows where I put the bills which is in a calendar by month due and write when it is due on the calendar. He knows how to do them he says Im just better with money. He knows that everything is paid so that he doesnt have to worry about any of it.

we both handle the finances. once we have the money we always pay the bills first. then we buy food and groceries. then what ever the amount that was left we soend it on extras and on going out at the mall for our child to enjoy. if we dont have that much then we just enjoy each other at home. that is what we do. we share the handling of the finances. it is not that hard to do it.

I handle the finances in our home and I would gladly trade off to my Hubby, but his way of managing money is to put all the bills in one pile and pay as many as he can before he runs out of money, never looking at the due dates. It just doesn't work, I think he planned it that way.

hii friend nice to see you here..In my home my father will handles the finances and also he only will mailtain the budget to..He is the head of my family...He only take cares of all the bills abd he only pays them every month...And my father orders us to do some work..so as a head of my family my father will take cars of all..happy mylotting dear friend..keep smiling..have a nice day..

We share and discuss. I think we get the best of both of our abilities that way. Right now our earnings are pretty equal, and that is also good. It has not always been that way, and we have had some financial trouble because we were not both involved.

I pretty much handle all of our finances. Mostly because I am home and have the time to take care of paperwork and make payments. Also because my husband hates dealing with any of it. He has his checks direct deposited and then just takes out a set amount of cash every week because he only uses cash. If he needs to make a larger purchase he will use a card, but he doesn't like to so it makes it pretty easy for me to keep track of everything.

My Mother. She is an accountant by profession and she is good at hnadling accounts and money. I help her now and then and I make sure that she spends less on her CC because they add a lot of interest to each month's due and this has caused a lot of over dues. bourne

I do all the money stuff at our house, even when my honey was working "He isn't right now", he gave me all his money and I took care of everything. I'm very good with managing money when it comes to paying bills. If it was up to him we be homeless..

unfortunately, I have been handling the management of our household income. I would like to be doing it as a couple, but since my husband is working extra due to me being out of work, I have the time to do it. It has been hard because the last few years we have had difficulties due to job loss and illnesses and we are still trying to get back on our feet. My husband works so hard and sometimes feels like he works for nothing because of all the back bills that we have. It is frustrating and I hope that things will be better for us in the future.

At my home most of the time my father and mother both are handling finances. Because my father doesn't have a lot of time to take care of different household expenses so my mother handles all those things with my and sisters help. But she keeps records of where has she spent money. As far as our personal finances are concerned we take care of that by ourself. I am also very choosy in spending money never waste it because I know its value.

Our mother handles the finances in our home. My mother is the best in handling our expenses and bills at home. My father let her to decide what she wants to purchase in our house. She budgets the money very well. She can be able to save money for the emergency. My mother handles money wisely so my Father trust her. I told her to open an account in a bank so the money that she saves can have an interest.

Yes, in our household, my wife is in-charge of handling our finances. I give to her my entire salary and she gives me back my allowance for two weeks and that's it. She is an accounting graduate and she knows more about money than I do. She is my better half and I trust her to make the best decisions. So far so good.

hi bamakelly, my dear friend, after marriage now i am not managing any finances of the house, i donno from where the things are being bought, from where the things are ordered , where to bargain for the best, becasue mu house shopping i dont do, no bill payments i know where to deposit and where to send the cheque, i know nothing about anything in here now. before marriage when i was unmarried , i was the wholesole of everything, but now the things have changed and very frustating for me atleast. for a person ;ike me who was in a habbit of holding and knowing each and everything whats going on, what is being bought, from where to buy and everything of my house, bill payments, cheques and all, i was the one. but now, nothing, it is so frustating i tell you, i feel like a nobody in the house. things are bought, i donno, house is painted, i donno th ecolor being decided, new refrigerator is bought, i donno the brand or of how many litres is coming, change of AC and i donno whose is the decision and when is the change will happen. i am like a nobody in the house, NOBODY, i donno about the payments also, its my father in law who pay the billls and my mother in law who in the finance manager.

Hi friend, I not the person who handles the finances.But i am involved in buying new things.I am happy about it because we take the finance part than it would be a big headache for me to handle.May be in future i may took it if time permits otherwise i can enjoy my whole life happily and joyfully without any headaches hehehee....... Have a nice day

Hey there bamakelly, for personal finance of my home right now; there are 2 to 3 people. It would be my mom, dad and me. We handle our own finances and we believe that there shouldn't be any restrictions when it comes to finances for the home. Meaning that we like to brainstorm when making decisions and deciding which is for which and how much money roughly to gauge when purchasing a new say, equipment for the home or something. But if choosing fabrics and color themes, normally I would leave it to my mom because she is the Queen at home when it comes to domestic things, ha! Each one of us have our own personal finance to take care and we help one another when we are in dire straits. I love reading others' answers and it has helped me to learn about other people's methods too. Great discussion here.

Hello bamakelly, this is supposed to be all male business to handle finance things for whatsoever reason but now there is a wind of change bowing around and most husbands including me are happy handling down a certain amount in cash to the wife and sleep a peaceful sleep. Believe my wife has the control panel with her so far money is concerned. I have my own pocket money and we never bother.

in my home my mom use to control all the billings and finance and she dors it really well we havent face any problem . my dad only go to the office and separating his monthly expenditure he hand over the whole money to my mother and after that she takes care of all the things . i am proud of my mother she is really very able householder.

I think all adults in the house should have the ability to take care of the bills. All parties involved should know whats going on with the bills. If something were to happen to the one paying the bills, there would be ab understanding of them. Something like the phone bill thats paid in full every month is easy, just let the one(s) not paying the bills that it is paid in full every month, but things like credit card bills need a little more details such as: I paid the credit card bill, but since the account is so high, I have been paying an extra $XX per month to get the balance down. Or, we are 2 months ahead on the car payment so if we have a tight month, we can let it slide for a month and still be a month ahead. Communication is very important as it can save a huge headache from trying to figure out what has been going on with a certain bill.