Comments on: Who Makes The Money? Who Manages the Money? Who Spends The Money?

By: Kalen

Kalen — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 23:31:03 +0000

In reply to J. Money. Thank you so much! :)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 20:35:55 +0000

In reply to Kalen. Nice!! Always great to hear happy endings like that :) Congrats on the new blog too!

By: Kalen

Kalen — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 12:15:08 +0000

This has changed in our household over the years. I started out as the primary “maker” and “spender” and my wife was the manager. We sucked at finances so she basically gave up. She was good at managing, but I was terrible…at everything…relating to money. That’s when I started managing the money even though I didn’t know what I was doing. Well, since then I have read over 100 books on finances and even started my own finance blog. I did a complete 360 and now I actually know where are money is going and we invest regularly. It’s nice to have a clue as to what we are doing! We are headed in the right direction now for sure. Thanks for the article!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 00:44:42 +0000

In reply to Amanda @ Passionately Simple Life. Aww, well I'm sure he's just happy to be out with you and spending quality time :) Maybe on the next one you can surprise him and pay! And if you plan it early and find the right coupons/etc it won't cost you as much? :)

By: theFIREstarter

theFIREstarter — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 20:17:49 +0000

1. 60/40 in my favour. Could be more even but I’m happy with that. B+
2. 70/30 in my favour. I do all the more technical stuff and some bills. But Mrs TFS also helps out with some of it. A
3. About 50/50 if I’m really honest. There was a bit of a time last when I tried to stop spending money on crap and it took a while for Mrs TFS to see the light and join me. But we’re both pretty good these days. A!

Great way to reflect on finances even if you think you are doing well in each category. Cheers!

By: Amanda @ Passionately Simple Life

Amanda @ Passionately Simple Life — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 15:20:07 +0000

1. It’s about 60/40 right now with me being the 40.
2. We manage our own money because we haven’t combined finances, but we do run by each other on bigger purchases, who is going to put money towards what this month. Well, sometimes…
3. We both do, but he tends to spend more because I earn less and it makes me feel a bit guilty when he buys dinner out almost every time.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:52:42 +0000

In reply to Jay. Haha... I love that #1 and #3 go hand in hand. Good luck on the new venture!

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:51:36 +0000

In reply to Mel @ brokeGIRLrich. (Work it, girl!)

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:50:52 +0000

In reply to Broke Millennial.

Ahahahaha…. you can tell your boyfriend I approve :) Not so much in the “spending” department, but more in the “funny” one.

By: J. Money

J. Money — Wed, 15 Jan 2014 03:48:29 +0000

In reply to Wunderwriter.

Hah! An interesting combo indeed. But REALLY good you have a grasp on how each other works so you can formulate those plans like you’re doing. I’d be all about getting rid of that 2nd mortgage too – that’s the best feeling in the world!! (At least I imagine it is – still aways to go for us :()… Hopefully you’ll be able to sell that fancy pants camera of his and recoup a chunk of that money later ;) To be applied to the 2nd mortgage, of course.