If you're here visiting this site, you're probably into frugality and saving money for your family on some level. But how do you cope if your husband isn't on the same page? What if he doesn't pay the same attention to prices and isn't as savvy when it comes to spending? Or worse, what if he splurges on his "stuff" but you're the one that has to sacrifice her own wants and desires to maintain a budget? What if it feels like he undermines your best efforts?

Do you have any advice for women who may be going through this? How do you cope, and do you have any advice on what's worked for your family?

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No matter HOW many times I would go through the budget with my husband, he just didn't get it. AT one point just to drive the point home, I took his debit card away. I hated doing that, I felt like his mother more than his wife and parter. But it DID help some, and he has been slightly more cautious about where he spends money.

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Sometimes i just want to give him a stack of bills and say " pay all of this with your paycheck and leave enough out for groceries, gasoline and hot lunch money for the kids" and see what he has left. Some of the stuff he pulls, aggrivates me to no end. Then he will come home and tell me about some coworker of his who's in debt or about to lose their house and i remind him that if let him handle the checkbook that's probably where we would be!!

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I think you first have to get him to realize he is a spender. DH knows this - he knows if he has money he will spend it all. Because of this he has put me in charge of the finances. I let him know bi monthly what is happening and he askes if there is any extra money for something nice. If there isnt he drops it.