re: How do you baws split expenses with the wife?

If you have a joint account, you baws need to keep an eye on where the money is going.

I’m pretty much the sole breadwinner.

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If your wife makes less than you, do you split all expenses 50/50 or ask her to take on other tasks around the house?

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My wife and I are a team. Where I slack off, she picks up the extra, and vice versa. I do most of the cooking, she does the laundry, we both take care of the kids as much as we can. Everything we make goes into an input bank account where every month I divy up between savings, (for retirement, college for the kids, our short term savings, bills and mortgage, and our respective debit cards. Each has a separate account that we keep a certain amount in every month.

We're both keenly concerned with pulling our weight in the relationship, and usually good about vocalizing appreciation for the things the other one does.

We are only 6 years in though.

F that

She makes money too
It’s her obligation to help keep household running too.

I’ve had same account for checking and savings long before we met ....as did she.
That’s main reason we don’t co mingle funds.

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We’ve always had separate checking accounts and who pays what has evolved over time. I always paid mortgage, insurance and utilities. And my vehicle. She pays for her car and initially kids tuition until college. Now I pay college tuition but she pays housing.

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That's the dumbest shite

Same here

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Meh. We have one account. None of that splitting crap matters

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Yeah I love when married dudes act like their money is separate.

You legally entered a contract that states the opposite.

I pay bills/ put money into savings

Her money goes to living expenses. I.e. food, cc payments, eating out, clothes, gifts, etc.

It’s been working out for us for a while like that.

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I am doing this wrong

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Yes, if your wife doesn’t work it appears you are.

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My husband pays all the bills, except for car insurance (added him to my policy) and my car note, phone, etc. Since I moved into his house, everything was already established in his name. I transfer a set amount of money to him each month because I feel weird about him paying everything. He sticks “my” money into savings. I’m more of a spender, so I appreciate that he’s better at saving. We both buy groceries pretty equally, and run it past each other if we’re buying something more than a couple hundred.

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This is basically what me and my wife do and it works for us. She just pays me the difference of bills plus expenses per month and I put it all into savings.

Thought about joint accounts but she doesnt really have a whole lot of input on our finances so figured whats the point. I dont care to know what she is spending her money on as long as she is giving me a certain amount monthly.