How much is your allowance from hubby?

[blackgreen]

^yes sis. Buti na nga lang talaga. Sana yun ibang hubby ng sis natin dito mag initiate na sila na sila gumawa ng gawaing bahay.

[mebpa]

he just gives me certain amount every month for bills, food and everything. but walang separate na allowance for me. nahihiya naman ako manghingi ng pangluho kase he knows na mas malaki salary ko, eh hindi naman den ako lumalabas and nagsho-shopping so wala ako reason manghingi ng additional. hindi den naman siya bumibili ng pang-luho nya kaya okay lang na wala akong allowance. but if in the future bibigyan ako, hindi ako tatanggi. hehe.

[changelessme]

Joint account kami, ako ang prime member, wala siyang pakialam kung ano ang binibili ko, pero ako nakikialam sa mga gastos niya, hehe,  hindi naman ako mgastos, siya ang nagbabayad ng bills, tapos sabihan nya ako kung how much ang naiwan para alam ko kung how much ang pwede gastusin if ever I want to buy something.

[nikki]

I've been a stay at home mom for more than a year now. We have 2 kids and he encourages me to just stay home with the kids though we have 2 nannies and all-around. Since I stopped working, he's been offering to give me an allowance (I used to earn a lot so walang allowance Na ganyan prior) and I always refuse.  But he would always leave me cash like every 2 days.. Until early this year, pumayag na ko. Ang Kulit Kasi lol. I don't pay for anything, all expenses sa kanya even my cc bills. The allowance he's giving me is more than enough.. I'm just thankful for a husband like him. Hindi naman ako maluho Buti na lang

[ehlabart]

Ano ba dapat mga sis? Kasi ang set up namin hubby provides  for everything.. Food,house,tuition electricity,gas,hmo cards. Yun tas makwenta kung san napunta yung ganito ganyan.. Minsan lang ako magkaron ng allowance or anything from him kapag meron.. He also hides other bank account. di ko alam magkano talaga yung pumapasok na pera sakanya.. Sa ngayon sahm ako kasi i just gave birth 5 mos ago, gusto ko na magwork pero ayaw niya kasi wala magaalaga sa mga bata. I tried to confront him about the money pero nagaway lang kami, diraw sya pinoy para magintrega at ang tanung nya ginugutom ko ba kayo?

[ayka]

I handle ALL of our finances, including my husband's money. That's the way he wants it, and he trusts me too much when it comes to money. I have my own accounts, he has his account (which I manage) and we have a joint account.

So I don't need to ask for allowance because I deal with all of our "moola".

[Maldita_Princess_Bebe]

We used to have a separate income & expenses. He pay for all the bills, house rental, gas, food & all.
Except for the expenses of our Baby. I pay for that. (Includes, clothes, milk,check up & all.)
Until, recently he suggested to share all of the expenses together. I am bit shocked. But then I still agreed so there will be no unnecessary arguments. I just find it awkward that we have to share on it. When in fact his salary is 2x higher than mine. And if we will sum up our monthly "common expenses" excluding personal is about 50k/mo. So we are both required to encash 25k and put it in our joint account. I still have some amount left for my "luho". Well, I admit it maluho ako specially sa damit. I spend 5-7k/mo sa damit pa lang. I also give allowance to my brothers about 7k/mo. Inisip ko na lang baka kesa sa iba mapunta sa family na lang namin.

But he is insisting me to just stay at home. & he gonna shoulder everything including my pangluho expenses. Never pa akong nakaraceived ng allowance from him ever since.     

[foxygirl_0215]

No allowance. I have an  OL biz and I work too. Lahat expenses ako may shoulder. Ang kanya lang: car amortization. As in ni sinkong duling wala pa ata siya nashell.. Na-CS ako twice.. Lahat ako gumastos. Lahat talaga ako... Yup, it's frustrating minsan kasi you expect a husband to be a "provider" but not in our case. Wala siyang initiative to share sa ibang expense...Super maluho pa ng asawa ko. Pag sinabihan mo siya pa galit kasi kuripot daw ako. Immature pa din. Minsan ako pa nagbibigay ng allowance sa kanya kasi ubos lagi sweldo niya. Nakakainis.

[fionaapple]

^sa observation ko, magkaiba ang financial management setup, depende kung pinoy or foreign ang husband.

[patriciaheart]

^^ ako rin! car amortization lang sakanya! pero ok narin yun, kahit papano investment yun.

[annamarie88]

Since nanganak ako, wala na ako allowance kasi sabi ko eh hindi naman ako umaalis ng bahay, wala ako gagastusin. Haha

[foxygirl_0215]

^patriciaheart

Wow di pla ako nag-iisa hahaha
Bonus ko lang pinagdadrive ako non kahit san ko gusto hehe!

[[-c-h-a-]]

We both work so I don't need or ask for an allowance. I take care of our finances and everything has an automatic debit setup the day after our payday. Car, utilities, savings, etc. I leave some money behind for ourselves every week though.

If I want to buy something, I just buy it but I tell him of course. I'm also not very impulsive so that helps In fact, I can contemplate about buying something for MONTHS! Dress or makeup, I don't regularly buy so I don't need an allowance for this either. But like I said, if something catches my eye and I wanna buy it, I just do.

[fionaapple]

^gumdrops26, we have similar setups.

[MrsDairo]

Sis please help me.. ang sa amin naman binigay sa akin ni hubby yung atm niya kaso ayoko ng magbudget. Tanong siya ng tanong bakit ganito ganyan ang allowance niya tapos sasabihin niya pa na hindi ko daw siya pinagkakatiwalaan sa pera. Eh ang problema wala naman na ako maibigay haist siya na lang kaya ang magbudget ang hirap kaya

[bagaholic_chewy]

^ do you monitor the ins and outs ng pera nyo? You should list down all your expenses, no matter how small, para makita nya san napupunta ang funds.

[MrsDairo]

Hindi sis eh.. Basta pag may manghihingi ng pera pambili ng ganito ganyan naglalabas ako..
Siguro nga iyon ang solution para mapakita ko din sa kanya saan napupunta yung pera namin
Thanks sa advise sis

[foxygirl_0215]

If your husband is matanong. You really need to list down your expenses. Keep mo rin resibo. Pakita mo sa kanya pag nagtanong

[[-c-h-a-]]

yes, definitely keep the receipts and even the breakdown of the budget

I have a spreadsheet consisting of our weekly salary, savings, car loan, mortgage, life insurance, car insurance, home insurance, private health insurance, petrol, bus tickets, phone, car registration, grocery, electricity, water, gas, gym, lunch allowance etc etc

for our bills, i look at our last 2 statements and figured out how much we spend on that per week. For example, electricity, our quarterly bill amounts to $400. I divide that by 12 (since quarterly ang billing cycle) to find out how much it is per week. I then transfer that money to an account purely for our utilities Sama sama sila dito ng gas, water, council rates, insurances etc. We don't touch this at all unless we need to pay for those na.

It's very, very transparent... so if magtanong si hubby... there! End of discussion

[sildusoleil]

Allowance? haha I'm not a kid to ask for allowance. It's like asking my dad for stuff I want to buy.

We are modern couples who practice equality and that means equal in everything and that includes responsibilities.

I also don't have the guts to take the whole money from my hubby and just give him a few cents of what he really earns. I asked him that, he said he feels like taking away his manhood. I respect him as a man and he respects me back as a woman. We never felt of being deprived just because one of us fail to give material things.

We have no problem with money because we are really open of what we spend. I ask him if I can buy this (with my own money), then he asks me if he can buy something(with his own money).

Not gonna intervene with my hubby's financial management as long as the bills are all paid, money for food and other priorities. Will intervene if he spent the money on gambling, smoking, alcohol and other harmful "luho". Dito sa part na ito maghahalo na ang balat sa tinalupan. Subukan niya lang. Haha.