re: Who handles the finances in your household?

We both do, but we're an odd couple and keep separate finances, so we each manage our own.

My wife thinks she’s frugal because she doesn’t make thousand dollar purchases. But she makes thousands of $20 purchases instead.

Theoretically, we have a deal where I keep the accounts full enough that she never has to worry about what’s in any of them and she keeps track of what’s due and when.

In practice, the accounts are overdrawn, and I have no idea why because none of the bills are ever paid on time.

me myself and I

Wife. I do taxes, she keeps the books.

I am the one who earns the money, so I am in charge of the money. When she still worked, we split duties. If she ever wants to go back, perhaps we will again. She has a separate account that I fund every month and she carries one credit card. Her student loans are paid off, and she has no other debt. Mortgage, insurance, taxes, tuition and all other bills draft on my account and this way I have peace of mind that everything will be paid timely and without issue. She has no access to my accounts. She has no idea how much is in my accounts or how much our current bills are. Its been like this for about five years and it works for the most part. We rarely talk about money unless something unforeseen happens or a big purchase.

We have separate accounts.

We handle it mostly together.

All the bills are paid out one account.

Another account is an Emergency Fund.

A third is a Home/Vacay fund.

We also each have our own "fun money" account. We get X dollars per month in fun money and that is ours to spend how we see fit no questions asked.

Wife.

I suck at accounting. It's painfully boring to me.

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I have heard recently that it's usually the women who do so.

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I'm positive my wife (no pics) is perfectly capable because, well, she's not a moron. But, just to make sure I do it.