[missy123]

Who pays the bills in your house, you or your husband s/o? Do you have a joint bank account or separate?

[Shadeauxe]

Joint account because I saw what kind of fighting it caused with my parents and then you're saying things like "your money" and "my money" and that's too much for me to handle.

I do all of the bills and finances because my brain thinks like that. It took me a while to get to this sort "finance zen" though. I was terrible with money in college.

[SillyKitty]

Joint account. We've been married since we were babies, so we've never had "separate" money. I do most of the finances, including our taxes, because I am analytically oriented and he is not. He is responsible for making sure a couple of the monthly bills get paid, though.

[Shadeauxe]

Originally Posted by SillyKitty

We've been married since we were babies...

Say what? How did that work?

[Toots216]

I pay the bills, but only because I am totally Type A and my DH is very very laid back. So laid back that the only bill he actually knows the amount of is our mortgage. lol.

We have a joint account that we each contribute about 2/3 of our paychecks to, and then we each have our own accounts that the remainder goes to. It has worked out great since we started living together, and we very rarely argue about money.

[SillyKitty]

Originally Posted by Shadeauxe

Say what? How did that work?

In Florida, it's the law. They match you up with one of the other babies in the nursery before you leave the hospital. Didn't you know that?

[Cait&AngelAbove]

DH earns the money and I write the checks. He is way to laid back to pay the bills and I am too anal not to so it works out. I have a system and I always tell him how much things are and when something has been paid. He would not know what to do if I disappeared!

DH earns the money and I write the checks. He is way to laid back to pay the bills and I am too anal not to so it works out. I have a system and I always tell him how much things are and when something has been paid. He would not know what to do if I disappeared! We also have a joint back account. I help him run his business so he does have a separate business account but that is it.

[ohnicole]

We have a joint account, and I pay most of the bills. We are not too organized about it, though, and sometimes I have to make him pay a couple last minute

[sadie97007]

I pay the bills around here. I am a numbers nerd, and he hates it, so it works out well. He is only responsible for his work expense account, and there were quite a few late fees last year.

We have a joint account and have since the beginning. I tell him everything that goes on, but it goes in one ear and out the other. He doesn't spend too much, so as long as he can swipe a card here and there, he is a happy camper!

[angel3y35]

We have our own accounts. I pay my car payment, the Direct TV bill, and starting the 20th our monthly loan payment for the adoption he pays everything else. Mainly because until I get a promotion at work my measly paycheck will barely cover those three things.

[NickieH]

We have separate accounts but most of the money goes into mine because I pay most of the bills and handle the finances. DH has a bank account for the money he gets from a part-time second job that he uses for gas and to pay off his credit card debt and for fishing money. His account is his money and mine is our money.

[StaceygirlPa]

We have a joint account which we both put money into each month. Then we both kept our own accounts. We pretty much split the bills expect Dh does pay the bigger bills since his income is way higher then mine.

[missy123]

Originally Posted by SillyKitty

In Florida, it's the law. They match you up with one of the other babies in the nursery before you leave the hospital. Didn't you know that?

Too Funny!!!

[LindseyE117]

We have a joint account. When we first moved in together, we had seperate accounts and I was tired of him writing me a check for half of the bills. It has been so much nicer this way. We both get an allowance each payday (only $20 each, but whatever) to spend on whatever we want, no questions asked. If we need something other than that, we just let the other know and make sure that it is in our budget.

I pay all the bills while he makes the money at the moment. When he was laid off for a year, I worked FT and still paid all the bills. He was all about paying minimums so we would have extra spending money, so we were constantly in debt. I took over and got us 100% out of debt within a few years. We only have our mortgage as a "debt" bill right now. Everything else is utilities and insurance.

Getting a joint account together has made everything easier. We trust each other with money and there is never any fighting over it. It's the whole what mine is yours thing. Sometimes it works that way, sometimes it doesn't. Depends on the couple. When you have a family though, it is not about you anymore anyway. The family always comes first. So I forget about spending money for me anyway, unless I save up for something special.

[jessjillmama]

I pay all the bills and we have a joint account.

[swild19]

We have a joint account and we each have our own accounts. Most of our paychecks go into the joint one, with a little going into the individual ones. DH pays the bills because he is too anal to not be in control and know exactly how much money we have at all times. I don't mind, one less thing I have to worry about. I do have access to the account so I know what is going on.