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Should husbands or wives control the family budget?

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by Luella Smith

The wives should handle the family budget. Notice I said handle and not control. I don't like the word control. Even though I am usually always for the woman, control is not one of my favorite words.

Wives have more of an idea of how much it cost to run her household. I agree with an article I read that if you ask my husband how much money was in the account or how much money do we have going out, he probably couldn't tell you. It's because he doesn't want to know. He has other things he would rather be doing.

Husbands and wives should communicate with each other when it comes to buying something big, like a house or a vehicle. Just the every day bills coming in, I think the wife should have the responsibility.

In my opinion and if you have read any of my articles, you would know that I believe that women rule. Wives or just women in general are multi-tasked. We can almost do it all. Don't you think?

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