01 September 2009

Money

Money... yeah... the downfall of alot of relationships. It's just a fact of life, everyone needs money, all relationships need money. When there isn't enough money, the bills dont get paid, it causes alot of stress, people get depressed and bad things happen. It is no different in a trinogamous relationship. Except now you have to worry about 3 people being happy instead of just two.

What we are doing is simple, there are 4 checking account. How can having 4 accounts be simple? It breaks down like this, all paychecks get deposited into the MAIN account. From that account all the bills get paid FIRST. Then everyone pretty much gets an allowance of $15o a paycheck. You are free to do whatever you want to do with that 150... spend it all on clothes, buy DVD's, sky diving lessons, or hang gliding, what ever happens to float your boat. That way everyone gets to have money to spend, all the bills get paid, and most importantly everyone is equal and gets the same amount.

In our relationship there is more or less a person who is in charge of what is done with the other money. My partners are... well... they are big fans of spending money to say the least. With having me in charge (yes I am REALLY "thrifty") and being the final decision on giving extra money when it is actually NEEDED, still leaves wiggle room in the system to get extra money. I know that some of you are thinking that if one person is in charge then how can it be equal? All I can say is that there has to be some amount of control or else you are going to end up with an empty bank account by the next pay day.

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