I have been in charge of the house budget for most of the time J and I have been married; he doesn't like messing with numbers, so I took over the job shortly after we tied the knot. While the system has worked pretty smoothly for the past few years, there was always one problem: J never knew exactly what was going on with the money. He'd have to ask anytime he wanted to know where we were in debt payoff or savings, or if we could afford that big purchase yet. He didn't know anymore when we paid big bills like insurance. So the system worked, but poor J was always out of the loop.
A few months ago, I read an article somewhere (and I'm sorry, I have no idea whose it was!) about a budgeter who made up monthly reports and sent them to her husband every month so he would know what was going on with their finances. Basically, she would make a finance report that so many bloggers share at the end of each month, but it was for family use instead. I stole the idea, and it has been working wonderfully. For the past few months, I have made up a report and emailed it to J, detailing how much we saved that month, any big bills we paid, any major purchases, etc. Now he doesn't have to ask where we are on all those points, and he feels a lot more "in the know" without actually having to mess with any numbers.
Works for me!
Wednesday, July 8, 2009
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3 comments:
That is really nice! What a great idea!
This is brilliant! My husband has no clue what is going on in our finances as I have taken them over, so this would be such a great way for me to keep him informed! It would also be a great way to make sure that I am really on top of my game since I have someone to report actual numbers to! Thanks for the inspiration!
That is a really good idea!! My parents are the same way, except it is my mom who is out of the loop. But she just has no interest at all, or else I would suggest this to them too.
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