Learn to make your money work for you
In our case, he makes most of the money. and I spent a large majority of it just because I’m the one who does the groceries and clothes. I think my main role is to be healthy with spending — that’s my part of the partnership.
My husband and I always talk about this. He feels like because he’s, like, the finance person and went to school for these things, he should manage the finances. I feel like if the woman is the one taking care of most things in the house, she knows more about what’s happening. We need to make sure the household budget is within the means of what’s coming into the house.
Sometimes it’s about personalities more than men versus women. Some people are thrust into a role because if they didn’t take it on, it wouldn’t get done. Personally, I’m happy to let my husband take care of the bills, but I do keep an eye on the bank account so I always have an idea of where our finances stand.
I’ll ask questions. I’ll see things. I’ll make suggestions. But ultimately, even if I think it’s a good idea to move some money around, I’ll leave the actual moving to him. If I gave him the domain, I don’t want to mix in.
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