Do you trust your partner when it comes to the familys economy?

No way do I trust my husband when it comes to the family's economy. My husband is good at many things, but managing his money is not one of them. I believe in paying my bills and then seeing what is left over to spend. He does things the exact opposite. We are working out a system slowly but surely though.

I trust my husband with the income, plus he is the one who works. If I was in charge we would be in great debt, I love to spend. So he takes care of the income.

Not my husband. He spends a lot more money then I do. I can't spend anything because I have to be responsible after all he spends. At least that is how it has been in the past. Right now we don't have the money for him to spend. He's being good. But when we have money he spends it on all kinds of things. He's always telling me to go and buy something for myself but then I think how the money could go to a bill or something and that what I want isn't really anything I would need. So I don't spend, but it's not a burden to me. I'm really not the spending type.

Well the way we handle our finances is quite simple. We have a joint "household" account, where we both deposit a cetain amount out of our wages each month to cover the mortgage, heating bills, food etc, plus alittle to "save for a rainy day", but then everything else is in our separate accounts to do what we like with! I like to buy clothes, he likes to buy CDs and books stuff like that, and we never question eachother about what we have spent providing the bills are paid. We don't believe that living with someone means you "Own" everything that the other person has - we believe in independance, and that way suits us both!

NO! I do not trust my husband! LOL I am in charge of money...his check is deposited in the account...he gets $200 every 2 weeks to do with how he sees fit and I get the rest for bills and savings and all. Right now there is no savings since I am trying to pay bills off, but oh well. :) Daniel, my husband, is bad with money. He would go to the ATM machine 13 times a day if I didn't stop him! He will have $20 at 8am and by 5pm have 50 cents and say he didn't buy ANYTHING! :) He's BAD!!! So, now he gets an allowance and that's it...if he runs out of money before the end of his 2 weeks, I guess he will eat rice for a few days. (he doesn't live with us right now due to his job so that $200 is for his food and "fun").

yes you are right. every one should control expenses on theatre and visiting hotels if the income does not permit. I also agree that spending high amount on motels can also be avoided so far as you are not compromising with the safety . clothes are the decorative impression of manhood and therefore expenses on this is a must

My husband likes to spend on things like that too. He doesnt realize how much he is spending everday while hes working. Im constantly getting on him about trying to save some money. Hes like he doesnt hear me. So I know the feeling.

I am the big spender in this relationship and he is the one thinking about the future. I am improving though and I am not even spending half as much as i did before i met him =) We do get along and never fights about money though and that is great!

I've been having the same problem with my boyfriend. I make more money than he does by a long shot, but he's always trying to go out to eat and buy, buy, buy. I'm sorry I have no advice, I am struggling with this too.

We have a very strict budget for our family. It works out great. We have about 15 or more columns on our budget sheet which includes everything from house payment , van payment, insurance, gas, groceries, night out ect... Every week we take our paychecks and put certain amounts of money in every column. It is figured out according to how much we need to pay the bills. We then put $20 a week for vacations and the rest goes into a savings. We don't spend alot on extras, but we always have a great family vacation every year! When we were first married it was much harder to come up with a plan we both agreed upon, but as we got a bit older we realize what is important to us.

I think all couples have differences when it comes to money one way or another. As long as you can sit down together and talk about any big pirchases everything will work out. I have set up a budget for us so that we know where our money is going and how we can save it. My fiance likes to invest money rather than put it in savings. While we may disagree on the little things, if he wanted to invest a large sum of money or if he wanted to purchase something big we would discuss it first. We have comprimised on how many times a month we go to the movies and how many times a month we eat out. If there is something in paticular one of us wants we will save for it. What it comes down to I think is comprimise and trust. Save up reciepts from what you spend every month and sit down with them to see where for instance you can save some money for a trip, even if it is as simple as not going out one night. Another good way to save up for something big is to get a jar or something like that and put all your change in it. You would be surprised how much money you can save just by doing that. Discuss what your goals are and find a good middle ground. From there you can better gage whats going to be best for you both.