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LadyBug · January 24th, 2005, 12:08 AM

I am not sure if this belongs in this group, but my mother and I were having a discussion on money matters (I am not sure how we got on the subject...but), she shared with me that in their 42 years of marriage that my father never showed her his paycheck. They had separate accounts, he paid all of the bills, except the telephone bill and things that concerned the children such as clothes and extracurricular activities that we were in. I shared with her that my husband and I are quite different...everything goes in one pot and everythings is paid out of one pot which really works for us. Just wondering how other black families operate... I have noticed that most of my friends have separate accounts from their husbands as well and separate bills to pay.

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LadyBug Afro Resident Resident LadyBug is offline Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Georgia Posts: 114 Thanks: 0 Thanked 1 Time in 1 Post Rep Power: 14 Credits: 693	Who controls the purse strings for your family? I am not sure if this belongs in this group, but my mother and I were having a discussion on money matters (I am not sure how we got on the subject...but), she shared with me that in their 42 years of marriage that my father never showed her his paycheck. They had separate accounts, he paid all of the bills, except the telephone bill and things that concerned the children such as clothes and extracurricular activities that we were in. I shared with her that my husband and I are quite different...everything goes in one pot and everythings is paid out of one pot which really works for us. Just wondering how other black families operate... I have noticed that most of my friends have separate accounts from their husbands as well and separate bills to pay.