Where do you hide your running away fund

I don’t have a running away fund. The house is in my sole name. He hasn’t paid a penny towards the mortgage in the 20 years we’ve been together. And we’re not married.
i think it’s safe to say I’ve got plenty in my “kicking out” fund!

I had two seperate accounts. One was a savings plan with Plum and the other a 95 day and investment account with Moneybox.

I set up a secret bank account in 1975 on the advice of my mum who said all women need a running away fund. It paid for the deposit on our next house, but I had to add husband on to the account - they squeezed his name above mine, where there was no line. It annoyed the hell out of me! I then set up another secret bank account. We're still together after more than 50 years, but I'd still tell every woman to do the same.

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Ha! I remember that too. But I went to work for Barclays when I was just 18 (and single, obviously) and they gave me a bank account AND a Barclaycard as a cheque guarantee card. Going into overdraft was a sackable offence, though. I haven't banked with them since I left the job in - er - 1970, but still have the Barclaycard, which now has an insanely high credit limit.

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Win a prize most months. certainly ten out of twelve months each year.

Starling bank don't send any letters other than your bank card, and you can get it posted to a different address. Can then pay cash into post office with the bank card

Open an account with another bank, any bank. The days are gone when a woman needed a man’s permission! (Which I remember, as I am old enough…)

My bank accounts are paper free - all managed through my Bank's App. I never receive any paperwork in the post.relating to my bank accounts or savings accounts. Sometimes, there is an email informing of an online statement or changes in interest. I am in my late 70s.and now a widow. We always had a joint account for household expenses and both had our own current accounts. It was agreed, who paid what. I always paid for the food and also my own clothes, entertainment, car etc. My husband was very secretive about money and not always responsible! I would begin your secret life by setting up your own email address (not joint). I would open your own bank account (using the new email address that only you can log into and then have your salary paid into it. Create a direct debit (on the App) into the joint account for your share of expenses. Then open an easy access ISA and transfer a regular amount into it. You are able to save up to £20k each year (accumulating) to receive interest tax free. There is so much info online so you can compare savings accounts with links to.open them, online. Ai Chat is extremely helpful!!

If someone needs a running away fine they need to have access. So cash is usually the way they get it together. Not q bank account that is traceable

No he would not, or at least the bank wouldn't be able to tell him, and I can't think of anyway he could find out

Cash? What if there was a fire or burglary? Please open a private savings account with web access and paperless statements....

Put it in a bank account. I have one in my name, that only I know about. There a couple of thousand I have.

Perhaps open a savings account attached to one your bank accounts?

Love, the Christmas decorations bag is a good idea for $150-200. Not for this sort of money.

Do you have a domestic abuse charity there? I bet they would be able to advise you on how to have a secret bank account.

Not a good idea to hide it in spines of books, old handbags etc- risky, might bechucked out, destroyed in fire, stolen!

i would set up an account like monzo or similar and just put money in there. If you want to use cash so he doesnt know about it, you could simularly take cash out of your account and then pust cash in to this account. Its quite easy, you will likely to be able do it in your local shop in minutes and prevents large amount of money be stored around the house in envelopes. Noone else would be able to access it as well so its more secure for you

Wise account is available in every currency under the sun, takes 5 mins to set up and entirely online, nothing to the house & no post at all!

For me this question depends on your level of need.

Cat 1. Likely to need in an emergency situation. Buy a safe and put all important documents in it but emergency fund in here. Keep the safe at a trusted persons house. I have bought a safe for someone in such a position so her husband didn't know. It was required.
Cat 2. Need money quickly to get away. Hide in the house. Secret tins, spines of books.etc
Cat 3. Just in case, not likely to need but would be useful to have access to your own funds. Set up your own bank account - current or savings. Opt for paperless banking.
Cat 4. Long term savings start looking at a plan for separating out life money and savings.

If you are in cat 3 or 4 I would have a sit down with your partner and discuss a joint plan for finances. We sit down regularly to review our spending and savings. You could review finances and discuss some big goals and look at starting to jointly save towards them. Decide on what money is joint living and what money together you want to save for your futures. See where the conversation goes. You could look at having your own account where your earnings go in and then you transfer out the amount deducting for tax and so on. Say it's to have clarity of earnings and tax bills

You're working on an assumption that all relationships are abusive. Most aren't. The OP has said there's no abuse. She wants some of the money for Disneyland!

Cash ISA in a separate bank from your main one.

@Ginmonkeyagain I don't have a running away fund because it isn't 1950. I just have money that is mine.

Well yes, there is that! Technically, I could steal all MrG's money as I have an LPA for him, but I don't do that because I am not a thief. And he could steal all the money in our joint account/s, but there would be very little point as I could just put it back.

Open a new account with a different bank.
I would also get you own account for wage to go into, can be the same as your joint and then transfer money into it.