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Do you have a slush fund?

October 01 2012

Why do men need slush funds? To buy power tools? I was talking to a mate and he was telling me a funny story. A friend of his bought a second hand car and when he was replacing the stereo he found $800 bucks hidden behind it. Obviously the widow that sold him the car wasn't aware that her husband had been hiding money there. So this guy lets out a big WHOO HOO just as his wife walks by the car. Of course she asks. What are you whoo hooing about. Look he says. I found $200 bucks.... here is a $100 and he generously hands his wife a $100 and no doubt expects a head job for his "honesty". ( I added that bit in.. it wasn't in the original story LOL) So the moral of the story apparently is that all men need a little slush fund that their wife/significant other doesn't know about. So my question is, do you have one? And what do you spend the money on? Meeka xx

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RHP User

12 years ago

Never had one....never felt the need But then that is probably because i had my own bank account and hubby didn't even know what i earnt

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RHP User

12 years ago

No I don't have one, don't need one. We each have our own accounts,and a no questions asked policy.I wouldn't have a clue how much is her accountand vice a versa.Besides a man/woman can never haveto many power tools lol.Cheers Felonious

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RHP User

12 years ago

I love my husbands slush fund. He earns more than me I spend more than him Nuff said

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RHP User

12 years ago

No slush fund here..no need for one, as what's hers is mine and what's mine is hers!

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RHP User

12 years ago

We didnt have one. I was the money keeper but we didnt care who took money out. It was easier for me to pay the bills go shopping and so on, because he worked long hours, we had one account. And computer or internet banking isnt so long around. But I know some men need a fund like this to afford RHP or what ever they want to buy without the wife seeing and asking where the money went, so it has to be cash money. Its the same as some men only give the wife pocket money and control everything else.

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RHP User

12 years ago

When I was with my Ex I had a big slush fund. He was a gambler and an alcoholic. I worked long hard hours and hid my money away for obvious reasons. These days I live on my own so no slush fund is needed. When my current man friend and I start living together I still wont need a slush fund. We are both financially independent and will remain so. He does allow me access to his bank account occassionally when he is too busy working to do the banking and I know his financial details way better than he knows mine. This happens alot when one partner spends more than the other or one partner is more controling than the other. I dont know how common it is now but the pratice of a slushfund was normal in my mothers' generation.

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RHP User

12 years ago

Married 22 years and never had joint accounts! My money my account , his money his account - halve the bills, no questions asked! I have NO idea how much is in his account, and he never asks about mine - I gauge it on how willingly he says yes to my crazy holiday ideas :)

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RHP User

12 years ago

no 'slush fund' here....whatever either of us wants.....or needs, is taken from our pooled resources. besides, theres nothing either of us could desire that the other cant know about. we just took it as how it should be...we are married, so every aspect of our lives is shared. no secrets, therefore no lies........

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RHP User

12 years ago

I know of several men that spend a great deal of money on modifying their cars but never let on to their partners how much they have actually spent so they must have a slush fund somewhere.My partner calls me WD40 because I am such a tightarse with spending I squeak when I walk. lol. But I have never said no to his spending so neither of us have a need to secretly tuck any money away.

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RHP User

12 years ago

my major ex ,though never married spent my money as quick as i earnt it,,now years later she still gets hands on major part of it each week with child support..then i had mate and i enfersize HAD..when he got paid would give wife most of what he showed her to run house and family ,then when it come to going out would hit her up for cash and then go out to his slush fund and grab few hundred bucks ..when people in full on relationship or marriage i dont see why people need to hide what they earn..got sister ,where she payed bills and raised kids out of here wage,she battled on basis wage, where as now ex hubby brought the food and stashed the rest of his 12oo week plus wage and never helped out..after all if you in parntership,,shouldnt that how life should be

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RHP User

12 years ago

I (Mrs B) am the money handler in our relationship, and as such do the saving, but our funds are combined every week. Both wages into one account, everything comes out of it. What is left is ours. I like it (as many other women have said) as he earns a lot more than I do, despite working the same amount of hours. We have always been this way - even before being married. Once we got serious, everything became ours.

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RHP User

12 years ago

i do i have an account that i place $100 or so in everysingle week ...problem is now after years I hate to touch it.

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boots_69

12 years ago

Yes have had one for years, it has been what pays for the kids pets vet bills, the school excursion that pops up, the we need this now but the normal bank account doesn't cover it.It has accumulated over years of travel allowances, tool allowances and all the other bits that used to not be on your payslips.No different fro, a Christmas account really.

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