\u201cI<\/b> have to pay all the bills,\u201d protested the wife. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t know and doesn\u2019t seem to care about what\u2019s happening. I am so stressed out!\u201d<\/p>\n
One partner cannot do all the money management and spending in a marriage. Who should keep the checkbook and pay the bills? While one spouse may do the bookkeeping, both are responsible for knowing all that\u2019s happening financially in a marriage.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s hard to keep everything together financially in a marriage. Often, both spouses work just to make ends meet. Both may have stressful jobs that demand much time and energy.<\/p>\n
Finances can become a major stress in marriage. But when the responsibility is shared, then both partners can feel that they are \u201cin this together.\u201d<\/p>\n
It\u2019s so helpful to sit down together and do the bills. It\u2019s insightful for both partners to go grocery shopping together. And it\u2019s fun to make a purchase together that both are agreed upon. So, are you willing to carry the financial load together? It\u2019s far easier when both mates are fully involved in managing and carrying family financial responsibilities.<\/p>\n
Try this: Sit down and do the bills together. Talk about future financial goals and purchases. Be in agreement about finances. Go shopping together. Discuss finances when you are rested and not under great stress.<\/p>\n
Can two walk together, unless they are agreed?<\/i><\/p>\n
Amos 3:3<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
\u201cI have to pay all the bills,\u201d protested the wife. \u201cHe doesn\u2019t know and doesn\u2019t seem to care about what\u2019s happening. I am so stressed out!\u201d One partner cannot do all the money management and spending in a marriage. Who should keep the checkbook and pay the bills? While one spouse may do the bookkeeping, … Continue reading “72 SHARE FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY AND SPENDING”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13974","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermons"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13974","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13974"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13974\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13974"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13974"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/sermons\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13974"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}