Stay at Home Wives/Mothers and Spending Money

[Paheli00]

Re: Stay at Home Wives/Mothers and Spending Money

@Afshi

To the Stay at Home Wives and Mothers without a regular income of their own, how do you purchase the following items? Would you ask your working husband for the money? Use your own birthday/Eidi money? Use your child’s birthday/Eidi Money?

Or do you get a weekly allowance?

Expenses:

1. Your own personal expenses - Clothes, Shoes, Accessories, Lunch/Dinner with friends
2. Your child’s clothes, shoes, school supplies
3. Grocery
4. Home Decor
5. Gifts - family member birthdays, wedding gifts, etc.
6. other expenses

My mom has been a housewife for about 15 years. She has access to money in their joint accounts, and also has credit cards in her name (again joint account w/ my dad), and does not need “permission” to spend it. Whenever she goes grocery shopping or purchases other stuff for the house, she always gives the receipt to my dad so he knows where the money is going. She also keeps her personal spending reasonable and discusses any major purchases with my dad. As for gifts…I’ve always seen them discuss how much to spend on gifts regardless of who the gift is for (her family or his).