Money!!!

bruin_ale · Apr 6, 2011

separate bank accounts is the advice I give to all my friends that are just getting married. She buys her piles and piles of clothes and shoes with hers, I buy motorcycles and brewing stuff with mine - and nobody has to fight over what we spend "our' money on.

We've got children, but the incomes leave plenty for new brewing gear and moto trackdays. It's the time commitment of kids that's a killer. Who knew you can't just put them away in a closet and take them out when you want to play with them?

Walker · Apr 6, 2011

My electric system only ran me about $600 total (including the pump), but I generally don't have to fight with SWMBO about spending money for my brewing. She drinks as much of the beer as me, possibly more, and she knows that my brewing saves us a lot of money vs buying commercial beer at the grocery store.

I could have dropped a couple grand and she would have seen the justification. I just personally couldn't bring myself to spend $2000 when $600 did it just fine.

Walker · Apr 6, 2011

separate bank accounts wouldn't work for me. She has no job and we have three kids.

edit: though I have considered opening another bank accound and skimming 1% of my salary into it via direct deposit. I don't think she'd ever know and I'd have money to play with if I ever DID get resistance from her on anything.

BrewKnurd · Apr 6, 2011

Walker said:
separate bank accounts wouldn't work for me. She has no job and we have three kids.

why does she need a job for separate bank accounts to work? three accounts, one shared, which is where your normal household expenses are paid from, and then you each have an account for a certain amount of "i get to do whatever i want with this" money. just because you're the only one putting money in doesn't mean it wouldn't work just fine if you were inclined to make it work. :-D

sithspitt · Apr 6, 2011

I have a friend to go 50/50 with. Its not so bad if its half price.+ its half the work

passedpawn · Apr 6, 2011

I have my own company with accounts and cards. And I get a lot of packages related to said company. She has no idea what I'm doing, but wouldn't care anyway. My household has the budget of a small country I think. Juggle the funding for kids and cars and college... brewing gadgets are in the noise.