It's Your Birthday, and Not Just Any Day
My husband is old.
Yesterday we celebrated by doing what we can only imagine is what old people with infants do. We went to the outlet mall so that Jay could pick out his birthday present. Then we went to dinner at the restaurant of his choice. Yum.
It was a crazy night. Joshua didn't get to bed until 8:00 p.m.
Happy Birthday, Jay!
Yesterday we celebrated by doing what we can only imagine is what old people with infants do. We went to the outlet mall so that Jay could pick out his birthday present. Then we went to dinner at the restaurant of his choice. Yum.
It was a crazy night. Joshua didn't get to bed until 8:00 p.m.
Happy Birthday, Jay!
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Whaddya think?
That said, I did purchase a Father's Day gift for Jay, and I'm pretty sure he didn't notice the charge on the credit card. If he did, he was kind enough not to mention it.
In the next few years, I won't be contributing financially at all, so this is something interesting to consider. I'm not sure how the fancy dinner plan will work out with a kid, so we may have to come up with something else.
This is totally out of my comprehension. Please help me understand what is interesting to consider in purchasing special things for each other out of the family funds. Thanks!
Then, we have "non-regular expenses" that we plan for. Who needs what medical appts, dental, birthdays, expected visitors, (larger food expense) father's day, mother's day, etc.
We give a rough budget for anniversaries and birthdays that the "other person" balances. That way, they don't get the surprise ruined. However, we are each accountable to one another for expenditures, and overages are part of life with 4 kids. So, we have an "overage" fund that is rarely utilized, as well as emergency funds.
It is wonderful to know how much goes to what, particularly because it helps us to be accountable to our spouse and our money. Gifts are less important to us, because we SEE how it cuts into things like children's clothing!
It isn't necessary (obviously) to do things the way we do. This is just what works for us. I never know how much Jeff is spending on me, and vice versa, because our money balances by the other person. However, I know it balances ;) No credit cards are ever used, and that keeps us accountable, as well.
That made me dizzy, but it sounds like a good plan for you guys.
Hammer,
This was light-hearted banter. It wasn't intended to be taken seriously as an issue, because it isn't for either Jenny or myself.
I was working off of Hammer's question, which you just said sort of isn't a valid question given the topic, LOL!
Your family is quite organized!
Hammer's question was whether or not our families pay attention to who spends what and why it matters where the money comes from. That was the non-issue that I was pointing out.