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Who tends to be responsible for money in your relationship?


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He has taken on the major role...getting bills paid and doing a budget. He is a master of paying down debt and leaving just the right amount of spending money. My role is to not spend frivolously!


He usually pays for dates and whatever else, and I try to pay sometimes.


We both have separate accounts but split the bills. But I would say she's financially better at saving and paying our bills on time for us


I write the checks to pay most of the household bills, but our money is pretty fluid. We have a joint account for the household expenses. There's no rigid system, and it just seems to work out.


My wife


we both do...


I use to take care of all the financing but now I have bills I take care and she has hers that she takes care of.


each of us on our own, but some bills are shared, I pay a part, she does, and some important recurring bills I pay completely (like the rent). She has less income but looks more for the child.


Me


I usually end up watching it from day to day, and my husband takes a look and gets caught up every several weeks or so. We try to do a budget sometimes, but we're still trying to come up with a method that works for both of us. But we always make sure to tell each other when we spend money and be on the same page about what we'd like to save (in general) and what we're willing to spend.


Keep bank accounts separate at this point but in the future I could see us with a joint house/bills account that we pay into.


Hubby :)


we do share the bills, but sometimes we both have our own individual bills that weigh on us. Need to work closer on this, but we are in a reasonable space.
yes, I still think we are out of balance on this though, mostly when it comes to the groceries. I still do the majority of those... which I understand since I am the one cooking but it should be shared a bit more I think.
Female, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 27, 2012

We probably should sit down and go through all our bills/expenses. Seems like we never find time to do that. Busyness gets in the way. before taxes though we should!
Male, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 27, 2012

I agree... we need to make the time to finally do this together. No excuses... perhaps this weekend we should just finally do it.
Female, >50 years, Engaged, CA, US | Feb 27, 2012

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We are financially independent, but he takes the lead.


Currently we each handle our own money. When we had our own apartment we were both contributing equally from our separate accounts and handling our own individual bills (loans, credit cards).



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