Who should handle family finances: The husband or the wife?

[st@rr]

I guess it depends sa character sa person...

Coz like me and my husband, I'm more organized than him so he likes it if I handle the finances, payments, bills, etc... I like handling those too coz I can assess where we are financially na and we can decide what things to get or not...

Maayo sad ni nga ang wives mo handle sa money para if mangchix ang husband, diritso i-cut and istop ang kwarta sa bana. hahahaha! Joke

[endymioun]

Quote: Originally Posted by Streetcar If i happen to be married, i dont want to handle the monies i can give my paycheck to the husband and he can take care of the finances for us then for me, mangayo na lang ko ug weekly allowance. I have been handling money all my life being the head of household. For a change, i dont want to handle money na i want the man to handle it for us. Dili ko hilig mag shopping sab. As you see being single you do have all that freedom and you just get to a point that you get tired of material things and you stop shopping other than what is necessary for the family. I've lived my single life to the fullest. I used to shop my clothes at Gucci, Hermes Paris, Celine, Barra of Italy and all the fine stores in the States. Then as i got older, my priorities changed specially with kids to take care of. So nawala tanan to akong mga hilig for designer stuff. I still have the freedom to choose where my money should be spent but i just dont do those things anymore. So for a nice change, i want to take a break from money handling and delegate that over to the man of the house

my kind of girl

[junenine]

my husband pays for the mortgage, car insurance and other big bills and I pay for the groceries, stuffs for kids and for those nik naks around the house. So I would say that both of us handles our financies.

[Onins]

I handle the finances sa ako family, I earn more man and ako wifey mangayo lang man sya nako, I just tell her if dili makaya or if naa money hatagan dretso. I pay the bills and plan sa pgBudget sa amo gamay na kwarta

[JSL]

wife kay di ko kabalo mo budget

[Zahara]

My two cents: Should be the wife! I'd be really insulted if my hubby handles the finances. It denotes lack of trust. Even if the wife don't know how to handle money, he should help her until she can do it by herself.

[pertz]

kami kay kami duha ang ga handle.. sabot2x para fair play

[mheil]

ako handle money.. ako ra husband nagwork...ako nagkupot iya atm (payroll), naa cya extra income, iya give naku..keep cya iya secretly, then if wala na kuno cya money ask cya naku... but if naa ko buy, i let him know, and naa ko lista tanan nag expense.. recording, pag withdraw sa salary, till expenses...
thankful lang sad ko nga naa trust ako husband. bsan dli cya ask unsa ako gas2, but still ako lang record, incase mag away pangitaan unya ko iya agi...

[zakidog]

its a wife's role. bahalag di kabalo mo budget, makat on ra kadugayan...

[rey04]

me, handle most of the finances of the house.

[Streetcar]

Me head of household ako tanan. It must be nice if I have someone there to share all the bills and responsibilities gusto ko if that time comes, tagaan na lang ko allowance kapoy na ko sa money handling. even now, i leave my daughter in charge of it sometimes and she's good with budgeting too. I just dont like money handling. Siya kay teller man sa bangko so she is used to it.

[rey04]

ako nalang handle sa imo finances para wa labad ulo, hehehe.....

Quote: Originally Posted by Streetcar Me head of household ako tanan. It must be nice if I have someone there to share all the bills and responsibilities gusto ko if that time comes, tagaan na lang ko allowance kapoy na ko sa money handling. even now, i leave my daughter in charge of it sometimes and she's good with budgeting too. I just dont like money handling. Siya kay teller man sa bangko so she is used to it.

[Streetcar]

Quote: Originally Posted by rey04 ako nalang handle sa imo finances para wa labad ulo, hehehe.....

LOL rey....sige ikaw na lang.

[charmz_fire]

depende sa sabot... kinsa mohandle...

[aGoi..]

i think they should both handle the finances.. nowadays, it's not uncommon to see the wives working naman gud..which of course would imply na the wives may have their own account (in contrary to the thought that spouses must have a joint account or whatver), can take part (financially) in the budgeting and not just left there to do the math.

it would be best if both can compromise on who pays what. like say, tuition, who pays for that; utility bills like, VECO, MCWD, telephone, internet, cable; insurances (whether car, house, personal, education); rent or mortgage, food, clothing, entertainment, etc.

dili na uso ang kanang ang husband mu-hatag tanan kwarta then asawa ray budget.. saona rana when women were treated with discrimination. hehe