You and your husband's money

[Prunella]

We have a joint bank account. What's mine is his, and his, mine. I handle the money, since I'm the one settling the bills, doing the grocery, etc...  I just give him weekly allowance.

[ayami]

hi sisses, my husband and I started paying for our condo's monthly amortization since last July. we availed of the payment term that involves opening a checking account. si husband nagopen nung account, and hindi nya ginawang joint account. most of the money that is in that account comes from my salary. mga 80% nung laman non sa account ko galing, I transfer online every month. dapat ko bang ipilit na gawing joint pa yung checking account na yon? kasi I heard most married couples may joint accounts...

[jojo2978]

^^^ wag na siguro sa checking sis, it's for settling liability. POV ko lang naman.

[simplybrilliant]

before ako lahat naghahandle ng finances -- pati atm nya hawak ko, ako nagwwithdraw then binibigyan ko lang cya daily allowance -- akala ko kasi ang galing galing ko sa pagbubudget eh -- then nabasa ko fascinating womanhood na it's wrong daw na ginagawang bata na binibigyan lang ng allowance si husband -- binalik ko atm nya, aba, at mas magaling pala siya magbudget at mag-ipon. kanya lahat ng bills and allowance namin.  so pati ako binibigyan nya ng allowance -- ang sarap pala ng humihingi ng pera sa kanya at ganun din cya -- he feels more manly daw na binibigyan ako.  ang share ko sa bahay eh food and groceries.  kanya kanyang ipon na din kami pero nakikita ko din naman how much laman ng atm nya thru online banking..hehe.  parang mas naencourage nga siya mag ipon nung "free" na cya to budget his own money.   all our accounts pati investments ay "AND/OR" accounts -- usapan kasi namin, just in case lang na mangyari sa isa sa amin eh hindi na pahirapan ang paglabas ng pera sa banks/investment institutions.  of those accounts, may nakatoka na lang na siya ang maghuhulog at ako ang maghuhulog every payday.

[rae]

^ This is our exact setup.

Kanya-kanya, tapos may isang pooled account. Mas preferred ko din yung ganito. Ayaw ko ng nagbibigay ng allowance. He's a grown man, he can handle himself.