Unresolved money issues lead to breakup

Wives money is one of the most important aspects to a man when it comes to his marriage and his quality of life. If a husband works hard and discovers that financial issues are not being met when the wife is the money manager, he will become very frustrated and not understand why the wife does not share in his frustration.

Granted, I am aware that some of you share in the frustration he has however, you are not sure how to deal with this matter. First step you should take is to involve him with the household finances which means more than him bringing home the income so you can pay the bills.

This means sitting him down and showing him the household budget which should detail the income and expenses. If you are a wife that works outside of the home and still the money manager, you need to ensure that you are at least once every six months making sure you have the best rates for car insurance, health insurance, cable, utilities, telephones and much more. It is not the responsibility of these businesses to come to you and say we can get you a better rate.

I also highly recommend you re-evaluate all subscriptions that you are paying on monthly that you might not even be using. Let’s be honest, we’ve had magazine subscriptions that we do not even read. So start here and see what can be removed.

If both of you are working outside the home and more than likely eating out for lunch – consider both of you taking your lunches for a month and watch how much you save.

How many wives do you know that have talked with you about their husbands fussing about the finances and when he did not see or receive any relief, he left.

Come back and read Part 2.