The Frugal Farm Living life deliberately

As I glanced at the site today, I realized that it may appear that Frugalmom and I have delegated the financial responsibilty to me. But that really isn't the case. In fact, for most our years together, we've actually shared the responsibility. Frugalmom tends to take care of the bill paying, and credit card and bank accounts, and I tend toward the investing accounts. But I'm really lucky, Frugalmom is indeed quite frugal. She doesn't ever spend for spending's sake. She loves a deal, but doesn't buy what she doesn't need.

I was talking to a friend who's wife is, as he described her, a spendthrift. I have a hard time imaging the extent to which fundamentally different money management philosophies might strain a marriage. Frugalmom and I tend to naturally align on long term goals, and while we haven't always been perfect, we've been pretty good. I'm really grateful that she is such a good money manager (she used to say she majored in business 'cause she likes to be the boss :-)). It is fun to have and reach shared goals.