We do a spending plan at the start of each month. Utilities and house payment

Jan 14, 2021
12:23:04pm

Nat Gas Man Truly Addicted User

are already auto paid. So the game is to get the spending plan as low as possible. Granted we are saving for a new house, but I like the spending plan better than the budget plan

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POLL: Who handles the family budget?

letthewookieewin Holochess World Champion

1/14/21 10:49am

I plan it. She spends it.

crack

1/14/21 10:49am

I plan it. She overspends it.

hebercreeper

1/14/21 10:50am

She spends it before I can plan it

the_byu_flash

1/14/21 11:14am

This is how it works in our house too.

Daedalus

1/14/21 12:09pm

No budget but I handle distributions to retirement/investing

cougfanz

1/14/21 10:51am

I’m the CFO. She’s the HR Director and COO of Spicoli Corp.

Jeff Spicoli

1/14/21 10:52am

She hates a budget-stresses her out, so have to be careful

Dr T-bone

1/14/21 10:59am

This is my wife. However, I'm much more of a spender than she is

Bar7h

1/14/21 11:02am

No budget. Just don't be stupid. Be frugal. Reduce recurring expenses to minimum

grosven

1/14/21 11:02am

No budget. Spend whatever we want. Plan to die broke and in debt.

CDV

1/14/21 11:03am

Been married going on 47 years

schofim

1/14/21 11:04am

51 years.. my plan of marital bliss: Give her the paycheck & the checkbook, pray

relic

1/14/21 11:05am

51 yrs in May. Wife has all the $, unlimited budget & has never gone over it...

grandpacoug

1/14/21 11:18am

52 years in April and ours is pretty much the same. We both respect what we have worked hard to accumulate.

CotoCoug

1/14/21 12:17pm

My wife has no clue what our finances look like. Has no interest.

4-J

1/14/21 11:12am

When we had our own business, we had pretty big chunks coming and going out

crack

1/14/21 11:15am

No budget per se, but my wife is naturally somewhat frugal. When measure how

DC12

1/14/21 11:21am

We do a spending plan at the start of each month. Utilities and house payment

Nat Gas Man

1/14/21 12:23pm

She manages day to day operations, I manage long-term big picture.

creameryon9th

1/14/21 12:24pm

I handle the nitty-gritty, and then review it with my wife every week or two

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