runwad
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- Jan 18, 2006
Ha! I identify with a lot of the posts on this thread. Like the OP's wife, my DH always gave his mom cash and she wrote checks to pay his bills. He has no clue. Well he does have a clue, but I think he's lazy and just doesn't want to deal with it all. I have a composite notebook that has everything written down, sites, login's contact numbers. DIRECTIONS! It's in my safe and he and the kids know to get the book if anything happens to mom. I've tried to show him multiple times over our 25 year marriage but he just says it's in the book I'll be fine.
I don't have any of my bills come on line because he never checks his email, so I doubt he would check mine after I'm gone to get statements. I just say a prayer that God doesn't take me before my kids are done with college because he would have no clue about their 529's or the tricks I have to do tax wise to get the AOTC (one kid gets a scholarship I have to add some of her scholarship to her taxable income, he's clueless on taxes).
He really has a whole disconnect with money because he always grew up having it and I didn't. So I'm the saver and he's the spender. He could care less if we have a savings account or any kind of cushion. I'm debt adverse and really worked hard to get our house and cars paid off, it wasn't easy with him but I did it. And then the guy breaks everything he touches so I'm constantly having to have things fixed. I tell ya if not for him I'd be a millionaire. If not for me he'd be a pauper.
But opposites attract and all that, so we're fine
I don't have any of my bills come on line because he never checks his email, so I doubt he would check mine after I'm gone to get statements. I just say a prayer that God doesn't take me before my kids are done with college because he would have no clue about their 529's or the tricks I have to do tax wise to get the AOTC (one kid gets a scholarship I have to add some of her scholarship to her taxable income, he's clueless on taxes).
He really has a whole disconnect with money because he always grew up having it and I didn't. So I'm the saver and he's the spender. He could care less if we have a savings account or any kind of cushion. I'm debt adverse and really worked hard to get our house and cars paid off, it wasn't easy with him but I did it. And then the guy breaks everything he touches so I'm constantly having to have things fixed. I tell ya if not for him I'd be a millionaire. If not for me he'd be a pauper.
But opposites attract and all that, so we're fine