What Should A Good Wife Do With Her Earnings?

The first thing a person needs in marriage is reorientation, I say this because when a wife sees her wages as 'my' wages, there will be issues. She may have earned it, but it is for the family and the same rule applies to the husband. In marriage, I believe there is no thing as my money but our money.

We will all agree that we had pre concieved ideas before we got married, my advice is that a good wife must know and understand her husband, if he is wasteful, it is advisable to talk about this and agree a solution between them.

My advice is that both husband and wife put their money in a joint pot and allocate it accordingly e.g
10% to tithes
40% to rent/mortgage, needs, food, travel to work, general daily living expenses, clothes, church offerings ( if you spend more than this, u may be living above your means)
20% savings (for a rainy day/ emergencies) The rule of thumb is that if you lose your job, you should be able to survive on this 20%
20%(specifically for your children, school fees and savings for their future)
10% benevolence ( this includes inlaws and charity)

my wifes money is for us

my money is for us

we sit at table and plan how we spend it ,  of course everybody will have pocket money but we still plan

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There was a time i asked this particular question, any way the issues of marriage is something u can just say 2+2=4 , and more over when it comes to money u will see people showing different kind of colour , i think is wisdom , grace and mercy from above is what we need to solve these problems. One funny things about ladies is that when it comes power  is always equal but  let it comes to money matter ,haaaaaaaaaaa is husband that should be responsible. Any way my prayers is always  that i should be the real head of mu wife and not just husband.

good one at least thats how i hope my own will be. that said why would i want to give out my ear rings or jewelery. they are mine. the man should even keep adding to my collection for me. situation must be so so bad for me to agree to sell them. When the kids get older a bit i'd give them something small an ear ring or necklace, thats what my mummy did for all of us, my brother included. over time ive added to my collection but the ones from my mother i hold dearly.

A good wife should forward her earnings to me and get back in the kitchen and cook me some good food!!!  

i dont think its a good idea 2 give her husband all her earnings
 

hmmmmmm. This is a very interesting topic. I av had d opportunity of askin ladies dis question on countless occassions. The answers i av gotten so far are dsame. Even my girlfriend share d popular opinion that Men should be resposnible for everything. The oda question i kip askin dem is wat dey wil do wit deir own money. Answers such as gold, jewelries, shoes, cloths kip comin up. My question now is, are there no more to ladies dan cloths, shoes, jewelries etc.  I wonder where d ladies of nowadays get d mentally of 'milkin d man dry' from. I grew up in a very remote town of ondo. While growin up, i know of a family where d family responsibilities were jointly bore by both the man and his wife. While the man takes care of d schl fees, rent and oda major exps, d wife takes care of anythin food and cloths.  This does not however means dt where a partner is unable to carry his/her responsibilities, d oda party cannot help out. Suffice to say dt dis sort of arrangements depends on understandin btw d couples.
I wil however want to get marry to a woman wu can help out in our home. A woman i can call on wen such need arise. I wil not mind a joint a/c idea but dis wil surely depend on d lady.

A good wife should collect her pay check , run right home as fast as she can and submit it to as husband on her knees with head bowed. That is what a good wife should do.

What kind of question is this? Please! A woman's earnings are strictly for the purchase of Shoes, Bags, Jewelry, and Plane Tickets! 

she should take her money and take care of herself, her kids, and husband and if she wants her family/hubby's family and anything she wants with it. and save some for emergencies

Just make sure the ticket is a one way.

@Chykeo


''If on the other hand, the husband is a useless spender like you said, the woman is more of a prudent wife, then she should not give him her earnings and begin to take care of the family.

Let me quickly add here that good homes and families are made more by the women. So each case should be treated on its own merit. ''




What is then the responsibility of the man?

@Funjay

''hmmmmmm. This is a very interesting topic. I av had d opportunity of askin ladies dis question on countless occassions. The answers i av gotten so far are dsame. Even my girlfriend share d popular opinion that Men should be resposnible for everything. The oda question i kip askin dem is wat dey wil do wit deir own money. Answers such as gold, jewelries, shoes, cloths kip comin up. My question now is, are there no more to ladies dan cloths, shoes, jewelries etc.  I wonder where d ladies of nowadays get d mentally of 'milkin d man dry' from. I grew up in a very remote town of ondo. While growin up, i know of a family where d family responsibilities were jointly bore by both the man and his wife. While the man takes care of d schl fees, rent and oda major exps, d wife takes care of anythin food and cloths.  This does not however means dt where a partner is unable to carry his/her responsibilities, d oda party cannot help out. Suffice to say dt dis sort of arrangements depends on understandin btw d couples.
I wil however want to get marry to a woman wu can help out in our home. A woman i can call on wen such need arise. I wil not mind a joint a/c idea but dis wil surely depend on d lady.''




Such a woman would also want somebody who can share her own society/biological enforced responsibilities, like getting into the kitchen and putting your own meal together while she is working for the money you are waiting to share at the end of the month,like having a sleepless night  when the baby is still very young only to go to the office the following morning and attend to every mental and physically draining issues that come up in the office like nothing happened overnight.

It is only fair that she also would want that, don't you think?

@Chykeo


''A good wife should hand her entire earnings to her husband. For peace and tranquility in the home. She should not at all give the impression that she is the one running the home.  She should even be on her knees when handing the money to the man and say my lord, this is my salary for the month. Yes Sarah called Abraham my lord and she is the epitome of a good wife. In Genesis 3:16, when God was punishing Eve after they disobeyed, God said to her; I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception; in sorrow thou shalt bring forth children; and thy desire shall be to thy husband, and he shall rule over thee.  KJV

So a good wife she abide by those christian teachings.

My opinion. Constructive counter arguments are welcome. Insults are just a reflection of the character of the person who insults and shall be ignored.''



Christ has redeemed us from the course of the law, having become a curse for us (for it is written, ''Cursed is everyone who hangs on a tree)''  Galatians 3:13.NKJV