Who Looks After The Finances In Your Relationship ?

[Bobbisox1]

I do, OH is quite happy and oblivious to what goes out and comes in , he never knew he’d had his £100 heating allowance last year till I told him I’d spent it :0)
Or now if you’re on your own, did you used to ? And then find it hard to do ?

[Sqad]

Divided 50/50
I earn it and she spends it.
Sorted.

[Mamyalynne]

I have always handled the finances even when my Husband was alive.

[woofgang]

me. The tortoises can't read and the dog has problems using the computer

[ummmm]

He does. He's very good with money. I tend to give it away, to the kids

[Bobbisox1]

You both see to the bills etc then Sqad? We have a joint account and he never checks it anyway, all our bills are by DD too

[emmie]

no i have always looked after my own, Mr Em once cheekily suggested with my wages and his pension we would do very well..... we weren't married by the way but were together quite a long while.

[davebro]

My ex complained about money so I said she could take control & give me what she thought I needed - she refused.

My sister looked after all the finances for herself & her husband - maybe it's a family thing.

[bednobs]

When we got married, we got paid into our own accounts, and both put money into a JA to cover the bills, and kept our own accounts to spend on ourselves.
When we moved to current house we went fully joint
However, I do the day to day management, he just does the spending. Luckily on my phone I have the app from the bank which tells me immediately when something is spent and where. When he comes in I can say "I see you went to starbucks and spent £3.40" :) I also have my "running away fund" which he does not know about

[Bobbisox1]

He did in my first marriage, in fact he was very tight haha

[AuntPollyGrey]

I do. Everything -bill paying, all Business Admin, Tax Returns both Business and Personal, Insurances the lot. He hasn't a clue how much we pay per month for this or that. I don't mind, though if I went, he'd have to hire an accountant I think, as he hasn't a clue.

[Bobbisox1]

I have that app too bednobs and when I was away last October for two weeks it kept pinging, he was on a roll , haha

[dannyk13]

When I was married we shared the finances.

[Bobbisox1]

We share them Danny in our joint account but I do all the dealing with them

[Barsel]

I always have from day 1. Mr B said he was no good with money and he knew I was.
Left to him, I don't think the bills would ever have got paid.

[Cloverjo]

In previous relationships I’ve been in charge of finances because otherwise the clueless idiots would have bought computer games and t shirts instead of paying the electricity bill.

Now, husband makes the deals and gets discounts while I do the actual online payments.

[ummmm]

We share too, Danny, it's just he's better with money than me.

[lady-janine]

I look after my own money thank you. Invisible bond between us.

[dannyk13]

Wife did all the household shopping and took care of the bills etc.

[dannyk13]

Oops, ^and I took care of^

[Patsy33]

OH does. He's a bit of a control freak...