Just musing really. Am I alone in finding it very odd where one adult in a couple/family seems to have no idea about their family finances?
This mainly came into my head because a friend and her DH have recently gone bankrupt and she had no idea money was even tight because he looked after all their family finances and she was happy for him to do so as she has no head for figures!
There are other example in RL and on these boards though. So many people seem to have no idea what their partner's earn (even ballpark figure) or how much disposable income they have as a family. (so have no idea what it's reasonable to spend so don't know if there partners are just being mean!).
Of course some partners are controlling but in the majority of cases I've seen personally, they are happy to share the information but the other partner is not interested.
I manage our family finances because I am anal and like spreadsheets DH is happy for me to do this. But we discuss them freely and both have a clear idea about what we can afford, what we can't, how much we are saving etc.
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to wonder why some people have no idea about family finances
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redskyatnight · 29/06/2013 08:29
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