My husband and I are considering making a radical switch and having me take over the finances and bill-paying for awhile. Jesse has always done the lion’s share of this because he’s the nerd, he’s good at it, and he likes it.
However, we’re both thinking it might be good experience for me to try my hand at it. He also wants me to know how to do it in case something were to happen to him (he’s always thinking of everything to make sure I’m well taken care of!).
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After 16 years of marriage and my doing it all, my husband just took it over this summer. He felt very convicted that it is part of his duty and responsibility as the leader of our home. I am so relieved! I was not good at staying within a budget and we overspent dipping in to savings all the time. He has us on a strict budget now which is hard for this shopaholic but, we’ll have our savings built back up soon and have funds for other things that come up!
I am relieved that he ‘stepped up’ to this role! He doesn’t want me stressing over it and I did!
I handle the finances because my husband wanted it that way. It’s just more my forte. He has a hard time remembering to pay things, keeping up with what money we have available, etc. I can be a blessing to him in this way, because it’s one less thing he has to worry about after a hard day at work. However, it IS hard to remember that it’s HIS money too. Lately I’ve been paying everything that’s necessary in our budget then talking to him about what he’d like to do with the extra instead of just divvying it out where I think it’s appropriate. This has helped us have more of a “team” mindset instead of making me the money police.
) I can let him know what my ideas are for what we should do with it, then we discuss what he’d like to do and usually come to some compromise.
I would like to really encourage you to take this on and learn how to do it. I know someone who was recently widowed, and she had NEVER had to handle a budget before, so it has been difficult for her to know what to do. Even though I’m pretty sure she has been well provided for, she’s frequently fearful about running out of money because she just doesn’t know how far her money will go and what to do with it. Your husband is DEFINITELY looking out for your best interests by encouraging you to try this while he’s here to help you figure it all out.
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