Who should handle the finances in marrîage: man, woman or both?
16 Answers to "Who should handle the finances in marrîage: man, woman or both?"
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Which ever is the best at it --in my marriage it is ME!!
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To start I hate wishy-washy answers but in this case read carefully so that you understand. Finances in a marriage will and can break it. So the fast and easy part is if one is a better manger of the budget and the control of the flow of money they need to be in charge. Be that man, woman, or slave. Ouch yes I did say slave. It is the mark of a good Manager to know their weaknesses and delegates that to a more dependable worker.
Marriage is the same as running business. If the financial well being of the Marriage breaks down every other aspect of the marriage will fall apart including the sex!!
The next rule is that even when the wife, husband, sub, or slave has been delegated responsibly to handle the finance that never relives the husband, wife, or DOM of responsibly of neglecting their overall management of the household. Dusty is the DOM (Master) and I am second in command (Mistress) and while we are both frugal two of our slaves are CPA's We would be idiots not to accept input from them. Dusty is the one that will make the decisions of where the money is spent; he has broken the expenses between the two CPA's and monitors them on a monthly bases. And while I am at it the adult household sets the budget every year and then reviews it on a quarterly ba ses and it is at this point that we can make corrections as needed.
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I was 15 when I got with my wife 35 then....she always handled them..
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yes ma'am!!!
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that's another story...book should I say.
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Whoever, however, they agree between themselves. Marriage is about compromise and agreements.
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Both but mostly the woman.
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My wife came from a matriarchal family where it was traditional for the wife to handle all the money and pay the bills. Somehow she thought that was how the world ran and expected to do the same. Wide awaking for her when I said if you think I'm going to hand you my check and ask you for an allowance think again! We have always had a joint checking account from which her money goes in and she pays her bills, I have the business account from which I pay all household bills and my own. When she worked she did the college tuition and finance which was great because I still picked up the rest including their spending money and books. Etc
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Both
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woman....
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Whoever is the better financial manager or whatever arrangement both parties in the couple are content with. However, both should know what is going on with the finances.
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Both
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It should definitely be a joint effort.
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both.. together.. a marriage is a partnership, both should have a say in making decisions, managing the household, etc..
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Both, each one with its own finances, but common goals.
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Whoever has the job(s), or both.
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Both
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Best Answer (Chosen by Voting):
Posted by MyNamesNotFrench Mar 6th, 2013 at 11:45PM
Whichever is better with money.
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