You were right...

[L.Jane]

Newbie here learning her lesson. So I don't remember when it was, but there was some thread in which some of you were talking about how you have to pay the bills because our wonderful Docs have neither the time nor memory to pay them on time. I thought to myself. J has been doing this for years by himself. He doesn't have that problem at all. I WAS WRONG! Today the cable stops working. I call to find out, the bill wasn't paid. I call J, he says, oh he finally got around to transferring the money last night and its probably still going through. Who knows how much in late fees thats costing. When I got home tonight the cable was back on. but yeah... So three months after moving in with him, I am now in charge of the bills. Did I say you were right?

UGH sorry to hear that happened. DH still pays the bills around here. I guess we will see how long that lasts.

[ides]

General Surgery really drains their minds when it comes to normal non-medical stuff. Dh still has trouble sorting out the recyclables. I mean, is it really that hard to put plastic and glass in one bin and metals in another? I know he is thinking about work since it never freaking ends but common!

I keep our finances but did before medical training put the kiabosh on his ability to manage anything non-general surgery related.

[Meenah]

I won't even tell you how bad our credit is based on late payments. When I finally sat DH down he said "what does it matter if I miss a couple of payments, when I do make a payment, I make it for several months. He actually thought it was OK to pay several car payments at once , then skip three, then make a couple of more. Grrrrrrrrrrrr. Out mortgage payment is due on the 1st, and there is a late fee after the 16th, so he pays it on the 15th every month, and thinks that is OK. I'm in charge of the life insurance premium payments!!!!!!

Ohhh I will most definitely be in charge of the bills once we are living together. Right now he is living in an apartment with his sister... guarantee it will be me!
He would lose his head if it weren't screwed onto his body some days

[Vishenka69]

Hence my credit score is better than his.

[bokelley]

DH still does everything, but in the last year I started writing down all the bills on my planner, and having everything sent to my email. I have caught him forgetting a few times. So I am just the backup quarterback, waiting for my time.. LOL Every month though I seem to be taking over.

[Bittersweet]

DH still does all of our bills without problem. Laundry is another story - I think DH's whites have been in the dryer for over a week.

[migirl]

We met with a financial planner last week to go over some basic stuff since DH will be starting his attending job (!!) soon. I had to explain to the guy how our money management system works: DH's paycheck gets deposited into our checking account, I pay all the bills, and when DH needs money for coffee or lunch or something ... he comes and asks me for it. I think DH was a bit embarassed...

[DCJenn]

Yep.

Part of the reason why I took over is that I didn't want his craptastic billpaying to ruin my credit.


Jenn

[SoonerTexan]

I'm actually very impressed that DF has his bills paid on time every month...not impressed that he was too lazy/scared to get a credit card (to make rent payments on and then pay it right off) so we'd actually have some credit when we get married...I need to figure out how that works.

[Malpka]

We met with a financial planner last week to go over some basic stuff since DH will be starting his attending job (!!) soon. I had to explain to the guy how our money management system works: DH's paycheck gets deposited into our checking account, I pay all the bills, and when DH needs money for coffee or lunch or something ... he comes and asks me for it. I think DH was a bit embarassed...

Works for us! DH has no clue about ANYTHING having to do with our finances. I do everything, I don't think he even knows where we bank.

[bokelley]

Works for us! DH has no clue about ANYTHING having to do with our finances. I do everything, I don't think he even knows where we bank.

I know DH has no clue where we bank. He called me asking for our account number to deposit some money, turns out he was having a 15 dispute with the teller, about how we bank at their bank. He was at the wrong one.... So he now leaves me a deposit slip and I take care of it. Going through medical school was a breeze compared to his banking skills.

[L.Jane]

I know DH has no clue where we bank. He called me asking for our account number to deposit some money, turns out he was having a 15 dispute with the teller, about how we bank at their bank. He was at the wrong one.... So he know leaves me a deposit slip and I take care of it. Going through medical school was a breeze compared to his banking skills.

[SuzySunshine]

I have a feeling DH will be getting an allowance when we're done with training - he won't like it but he really has no idea how much money we spend monthly and on what. If we don't reign it in there won't be any money for vacations, etc. when we're done.